I've been struggling to put all this in place since I first heard yesterday. It didn't feel real at all. I decided to visit the site this afternoon to put some sort of reality on it and begin to say my goodbyes.
I know the bend well and have run a little wide a couple of times on it myself, but have always been within my limits and got round. It's a deceptive wide sweep but tightens up slightly as it also goes a little up hill. I'm no accident investigator but it looks very much like the fella ran out of road width, low sided, mounted the curb and made contact with the tree.
This link is from the local paper. You can see the marks on the road and curb. The contact was with the first tree.
http://www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/ne...pton_1_1325908
If he had been a foot either left or right he would have been posting an 'Ouch, my first off hurts' as there is a massive field of veg behind
Be happy where you are fella. We'll catch up some day.