A jury has returned a verdict of death by misadventure into a fatal motorcycle collision involving William Dunlop, during a road race five years ago.
which heard that a Garda investigation had concluded that the fatal crash involving the well-known Northern Ireland sports star was “nothing other than an accident.”
He said it resulted in oil spraying out on the rear wheel of the motorcycle which caused the rider to lose control. The inquest had previously heard evidence from several witnesses of seeing Mr Dunlop’s Yamaha R1 superbike “bottom out” – when its belly pan, the lowest part of the vehicle’s frame which covers a sump designed to collect any leaking oil, hit the road surface on a small incline on the course.
He agreed with Dr Gallagher that motorcycle racing – a high-speed activity – was dangerous and carried an element of risk. A forensic collision investigator, Garda Damien Farrell, said video images of the fatal collision appeared to indicate there was some kind of malfunction with Mr Dunlop’s motorcycle which caused him to lose control of the vehicle and crash into a hedgerow.
The inquest had previously heard from other witnesses that the rider was probably travelling at around 170mph at the time of the accident. A ballistics expert, Detective Sergeant Shane Curran, who examined a sump plug found near the scene of the collision, said damage to the piece of equipment could be explained by a “bottoming out” incident.
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