Lorry driver sentenced for killing biker in Grimsthorpe crash

He was also disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined GBP1000.

Police said the crash happened after Howe attempted to prevent his lorry falling into the nearside ditch after he had negotiated a left-hand bend.

This led to the lorry jackknifing across both lanes, leaving Mr Day, who was riding his black BMW motorcycle, “very little, or no time to react”.

Tachograph data showed the lorry had been travelling at about 30mph (48km/h) as it left the road.

Witnesses also described how, prior to the collision, the lorry was being driven in a safe and considerate manner, a police spokesperson said.

In a tribute, Mr Day’s family described him as “a much-loved husband, father and grandfather”.

“No one can truly understand the emotional struggle this has ever caused having lost a singular true soul mate, the father to a loving son and grandad to a beautiful baby granddaughter.

Life can and will never be the same for any of the family,” it said.

His wife of 40 years, Claire, said losing her husband had been the saddest most upsetting event she had ever experienced.

“The world is very much a worse place without him, and it has lost a true gent of a man who is irreplaceable in so many ways,” she said.

“Rowan died needlessly and tragically whilst doing what he loved so much,” she added.

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