A weekend of tragedy prompted a heartfelt plea from authorities.
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Five motorcyclists died on NSW roads across the weekend.
Traffic and Highway Patrol Command Assistant Commissioner, Michael Corboy, said an increasing number of crashes this year were involving some of the state’s most vulnerable road users – motorcyclists and pedestrians.
“So far this year, our provisional data shows 41 motorcyclists and 53 pedestrians have lost their lives on NSW roads,” Assistant Commissioner Corboy said.
“As a motorcyclist myself I know how vulnerable you feel when you are on the road. It is up to all of us as riders to make sure we’re as safe as we can be.
“While the causes of the weekend’s tragedies remain under investigation, I would encourage pedestrians and riders to be more aware of their surroundings and for drivers to realise some of their fellow road users are not as protected as they are.
“All riders should ride according to their skills and ability and buy the best bike for their riding level.”
Locally, that tragedy was felt when emergency services were called to Blackbutt just after 2.30 pm on Saturday.
In an instant 46-year-old Sasho Bulakovski was lost to his family and friends.
Elsewhere around the state a 53-year-old male motorcyclist died after a crash between a motorbike and car at Spencer, and 21-year-old man died following a motorcycle crash at Dubbo.
On Friday at Clunes, about 20km north-east of Lismore, a motorcycle collided with a tip truck and a Subaru Outback station wagon. The rider, a man believed to be aged in his 50s, died at the scene.
A man also died after the trail bike he was riding hit a tree at Rappville just south of Casino on Saturday.
A lot of tragedy and sadness for far too many families in one weekend.
Please take care on the roads and obey the warnings from police no matter the vehicle you are driving.
Life is too valuable for it to be taken away in an instant.