Widow sues after skateboard crash

The widow of a motoryclist killed after a collision with a skateboarder has launched a compensation claim.

Tim Honey was killed after he collided with a 15-year-old boy who had gone into the road to get his skateboard at Plymbridge Road, Plymouth, Devon.

His Suzuki GSXR 1,000cc motorcycle collided with the boy, then struck a motor vehicle travelling in the opposite direction.

Mr Honey, 47, from Widewell, Devon, died on 20 April last year.

The skateboarder broke his collar bone in the collision and the car driver suffered no injuries.

'Significant claim'

A coroner at an inquest in Plymouth on Friday recorded a verdict of accidental death.

Lawyer Andrew Campbell, representing widow Sue Honey, said she had begun a civil claim against the household insurer of the teenage skateboarder for a "significant six-figure sum".

He believes it is the first recorded case of a skateboard causing a fatal road traffic accident.

Mr Campbell said: "Apportionment of blame and a decision on liability will be for the civil claim against the household insurer.

"That claim is designed to put the Honey family on the same financial footing, both for past and future financial losses, as it would be but for the death of Mr Honey. It is a significant claim."