Club pays tribute to crash victim
R'n'R FAN KILLED
IN BIKE TRAGEDY
A regular at a Kent r'n'r club has been killed in a motorcycle crash in Northern Italy which has left his wife seriously injured in hospital.

Bike crash Michael Vercoe from West Kingsdown was among three British bikers killed in the accident near Trento.   The other victims have been named as Colin Morrish and Wendy Pointer from Rochester.   All were in their 60s.   They are believed to have collided with a lorry as they came out of a tunnel in Mezzolombardo on September 22nd.

The Albanian lorry driver was unhurt.   The road is dual carriageway where it enters the tunnel, but reduces to a single lane at the tunnel exit.   Police are investigating whether the British bikers had accidentally strayed onto the wrong side of the road.

Mike was remembered at last Friday's dance at Borough Green R'n'R Club which he and wife Fay, 62, regularly visited.   She is in intensive care following the crash.

Devastated

Val Miles, who runs the club with her husband Richard, said: "We were devastated at the news.   It is terribly sad as we have been friends for many years.   We will remember Mike as a fun loving, super guy who just loved life and especially his motorbike and as they were both retired they had plans to visit all over the world.   Fay's condition is hopeful.   She had multiple fractures but the doctors in Italy were confident she would come through OK.

Mike Vercoe
Mike Vercoe
"Richard paid tribute to Mike at the interval during the dance by saying how sad it all is and how rock'n'roll is a family and it was like losing a member of it.   Fay and Mike came to Borough Green as often as they could over the years as they had so many friends who also came and they liked to meet up with them.   After Richard's tribute to Mike he asked for a moment when everyone could remember him.   The lights went down and the DJ played Three Steps To Heaven.   The hall was silent while the music played and there weren't many dry eyes."

Ironically, the couples were on their way to visit a fellow biker who had been injured in an accident the previous week.   All were members of the Motorcycle Touring Club of Europe.

Fay's first husband, Ray Haffenden said: "Mike was an experienced biker, and we will have to wait to find out what really happened that evening.   The whole family is shocked at the events.   I pray for Fay's speedy and complete recovery from her injuries."



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