Overview
- The collision, which occurred on Wednesday, April 29, involved a Honda CB650R motorcycle and a white Volkswagen van at the Trafalgar Crossroads near the B4077 in Temple Guiting and resulted in the rider’s death.
- Gloucestershire Police arrested the van driver, a man in his 20s from Worcestershire, on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and later released him under investigation while inquiries continue.
- The rider has been named by family as 20-year-old Zachariah Wolfston (also reported as Wolfson), who was born in Cape Town and moved to Oxfordshire as a teenager.
- His family paid tribute saying he had just returned from a six-week visit to South Africa and planned to work towards becoming a helicopter pilot, and they described him as warm and adventurous.
- Police have asked anyone with information to use the force’s online form and quote occurrence reference 53260030049 as witness accounts could help determine whether charges are brought.