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Father Graeme Blackburn had been drinking before he died from a blunt force head injury when his motorbike collided head-on with another vehicle and his helmet came off.
Kyle McKitterick died in a crash on Dyers Pass Rd on November 10, 2018 - his 48th birthday. A grieving mother has never visited the site where her son died in a crash that a coroner says highlights the dangers of excess speed. Motorcyclist Kyle John McKitterick died after crashing into a van that turned in front of him on Dyers Pass Rd on November 10, 2018. The crash happened on his 48th birthday. He was well known in the motorcycling community, and was described as a very experienced and skilled rider in findings released by coroner Marcus Elliott on Wednesday. Jan McKitterick said she ha...
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Speed a factor in Christchurch motorcyclist Kyle McKitterick's death, Coroner rules 13 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read Kyle John McKitterick died during a birthday ride on November 10, 2018. Photo / Supplied A speeding motorcyclist might narrowly have avoided death if he'd been doing the speed limit, a coroner has concluded. Kyle John McKitterick, 48, had gone on a birthday ride with a mate on Dyers Pass Rd in Governors Bay, Canterbury on November 10, 2018 when he collided with a turning van and died. Read More Police conducted enquiries into his death before passing the file on to Coro...