Motorcyclist killed in collision with kudu

A motorcyclist was killed on the R512 outside Lanseria north-west of Johannesburg on Sunday morning when he collided with a kudu.

“At 07:30am‚ paramedics from ER24 were dispatched to the scene where they found the rider‚ his bike and the kudu lying several metres apart from each other‚” ER24 spokesman Werner Vermaak said in a statement.

“Upon assessment‚ they found that the rider sustained multiple fatal injuries. Sadly‚ there was nothing that they could do for him and he was declared dead. The kudu was also found dead.”

• Race car driver dies after serious collisionA 47-year-old race car driver died on Friday evening after he was involved in a serious collision during an event earlier at the Phakisa Raceway in Welkom in the Free State‚ paramedics said. 

A witness saw the rider and his bike flung into the air‚ but did not realise what he had hit until he stopped to assist and found the kudu lying on the side of the road.