![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/dad-dies-after-pulling-wheelie-during-last-ride-on-motorbike-before-selling-it/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Anthony-Draper.jpg&description=Anthony Draper, 29, from Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, went for a last ride on his KTM motorbike after agreeing to selling it - but fatally crashed while attempting a wheelie A dad was killed while performing a wheelie during his 'last ride' before selling his motorbike. Anthony Draper had agreed the sale of his KTM bike to another man moments before he lost control and crashed into a concrete gate post. The 29-year-old, from Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, suffered multiple fatal injuries during the accident near his home on April 18. He had invited two men to his home to view the vehicle the same evening. After one of them agreed to purchase the bike, Mr Draper told him: "I'll have one last go." An inquest at Bolton Coroners Court on Thursday heard the young dad climbed on the bike without a helmet or protective clothing and rode off up the street. After turning the bike around, witnesses recalled seeing Mr Draper 'pull a wheelie' before losing control and smashing into a concrete gate post outside a house, reports the Manchester Evening News. Friends performed first aid on Mr Draper but he was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. In a statement read out in court, mum Jennifer Draper said 'words cannot describe how the family feel' following her son's death. "You never imagine someone is going to die at the age of 29," she added. Ms Draper told the hearing that her son had an 'obsession' with motorbikes and had ridden them since a young age. Adam Brownhill said he and his friend, Mark, had visited Mr Draper's home at about 10pm on April 18 to view an orange KTM bike he was selling. He said Mr Draper informed them he was selling the bike as he had fallen off it six months earlier and broken his leg. After checking the bike by riding it up and down the street, Mr Brownhill said his friend decided to buy it. After agreeing on a price, Mr Brownhill said Mr Draper told his friend: "I'll have one last go." Jodie Newcomb, Mr Draper's partner, said that after agree){kind=link}
Anthony Draper, 29, from Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, went for a last ride on his KTM motorbike after agreeing to selling it – but fatally crashed while attempting a wheelie
A dad was killed while performing a wheelie during his ‘last ride’ before selling his motorbike.
Anthony Draper had agreed the sale of his KTM bike to another man moments before he lost control and crashed into a concrete gate post.
The 29-year-old, from Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, suffered multiple fatal injuries during the accident near his home on April 18.
He had invited two men to his home to view the vehicle the same evening.