Killer driver’s moment of forgetfulness led to the death of a married biker
A teenager has admitted killing a motorcyclist after hurrying to collect a friend he had forgotten to pick up.
Matthew Jamieson had been taking two pals from Carnoustie to Dundee when he realised he was also meant to have been giving a lift to another friend.
He turned off of a main road, did a three point turn and returned to the junction of the A930 Carnoustie to Monifeith Road and Station Road, Barry, to head back to him – but pulled out in front of motorcyclist Graeme Bell.
Mr Bell was thrown from his bike, and despite a passing nurse and firefighter trying to save him, he died at the scene.
At Dundee Sheriff Court yesterday, Jamieson admitted a charge of causing his death by careless driving.
Fiscal depute John Adams told Dundee Sheriff Court that Jamieson, who had held a full licence for only a year at the time, had told police the accident had happened moments after he had doubled back to retrieve a friend in Carnoustie.
He said a witness travelling east towards Carnoustie saw the collision take place.
Mr Adams said: “He describes the motorcyclist as doing a somersault on to the road.”
The accident happened on November 3, 2017.
Sentence was deferred on Jamieson, 20, of Burnside Street, Carnoustie, for background reports. He will return to court on March 7.