A MOTORCYCLIST died following an early morning collision near a Forest of Dean docks last week.

Police were called by the ambulance service at around 6am last Thursday (January 23) to Harbour Road near Lydney Docks, where a Zontes ZT125-U motorcycle had collided with a stationary lorry on Harbour Road.

Emergency services attended and despite their best efforts the motorcyclist, a 44-year-old man who lived in the Forest, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage and has not yet spoken to police, is asked to make contact.

Officers are making CCTV enquiries with local businesses in the area but anyone else with relevant CCTV footage is asked to come forward.

Information can be provided to police online by completing the following form and quoting incident 46 of 23 January: https://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/cor/tell-us-about-existing-case-report/