A biker who died in Thorpe has been named as 40-year-old motorcycle trainer Wayne Carpenter.
Mr Carpenter, of Rebow Street, Colchester, died when his Kawasaki motorbike was involved in a collision with an articulated lorry in Walton Road, Thorpe-le-Soken last Thursday.
Mr Carpenter - who had already lost a leg in a motorbike crash - leaves long-term partner, Kirsten Mooring, and son Luke, eight.
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