The Daily Telegraph's motorcycling correspondent, Kevin Ash, has died after an accident in South Africa.
Ash, 53, was involved in a motorcycle accident during a BMW bike launch in the South African town of George, 250 kilometres east of Cape Town.
Fellow journalist Geoff Hill, who was at the same event, said: "No one is still quite sure what happened, and we won't know more until the police and BMW investigation has finished, but all of us on the launch from the British bike world are devastated…
"He was not only a legend in motorcycling journalism, with an unsurpassed technical knowledge and writing style, but a close friend to us all, and the world of motorcycling in general, and motorcycling journalism in particular, is today a much poorer place without him."
Telegraph editor Tony Gallagher said: "Kevin Ash was the doyen of motorcycle correspondents. Respected throughout journalism and the motorcycle trade, he was also one of our most admired motoring columnists and will be greatly missed by both Telegraph staff and readers."
Sources: Daily Telegraph/CycleWorld Obituary here
