A MOTORCYCLIST who died following a single vehicle crash in Southminster last month has been named.

David Coulson, 36, of Benfleet, crashed his blue Suzuki GSX-R1000 motorbike into a hedge and barbed wire fence on Cripplegate, Southminster, on Sunday April 24.

David was part of a group of bikers travelling through the Dengie. A fire crew travelling back from an incident in Bradwell-on-Sea came across the group waving them down shortly before 1.30pm.

The crew gave him oxygen therapy before the air ambulance arrived.

He was taken to the Royal London Hospital but later sadly passed away.