Young skateboarder awarded €240,000 in claim against motorcyclist

A YOUNG skateboarder who rolled out in front of a passing motorbike suffered head injuries and a broken leg in the collision was awarded €240,000 in compensation yesterday.

Luke Byrne of Barnavarra Crescent, Ballyvolane, Cork, was aged five at the time of the accident near his home.

Engineers’ estimates of the reaction time available to the motorcyclist put it at one second at most and possibly as little as seven tenths of a second.