Inquest on Shropshire crash biker adjourned
An inquest into the death of a man who was killed in a motorbike crash on a busy Shropshire road has been opened and adjourned.
Anthony Pattison, 53, of Minsterley, died on September 10 on the A41 at Sandford near Whitchurch.
He was riding from Whitchurch towards Tern Hill on the A41 a grey Suzuki motorcycle, the inquest was told.
He travelled through Sandford and for some unknown reason lost control and collided with another vehicle heading in the opposite direction.
Paramedics attended and Mr Pattison died shortly afterwards.
Coroner John Ellery, for Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, said the cause of death was multiple injuries due to a road traffic collision.
The inquest was adjourned until January 20 at Shrewsbury's Shirehall.
His son Ashley Pattison said previously that his father was the "life and soul" of the party and would be missed by everyone.