Cycle Death Father is 'Not Angry'

The father of one of four cyclists killed after a car skidded on ice feels no anger towards the motorist, an inquest jury has been told.

Jonathan Harland, whose son Thomas, 14, was killed on the A547 near Abergele, Conwy in 2006, said in a statement that anger would not bring his son back.

Mr Harland injured his leg in the crash, which killed Maurice Broadbent, Dave Horrocks and Wayne Wilkes.

The driver was later fined and given six points for defective tyres.

The cyclists - all members of Rhyl Cycling Club - had been riding on the A547 on 8 January 2006 not far from the start of a 60-mile (97 km) Sunday club ride to Llandudno's Great Orme on 8 January, 2006.

Mr Harland told the inquest in Abergele town hall that he and his son had been cycling alongside each other.

The first he knew something was wrong was when he saw a car heading for the cyclists sideways on, he said. He estimated its speed at 60mph or more.