A grandfather who died in a motorbike crash has been today been pictured as his wife of 40 years paid tribute to her ‘best friend’.
Brian Rudkin, 57, died when his Piaggio PX motorcycle collided with a black Nissan Terrano in the morning on March 2 on the A606 in the village of Langam, East Midlands.
Mr Rudkin, also known as Bryn, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
His pillion passenger, a woman in her 50s, was taken to hospital and later discharged.
Leicestershire Police said an investigation into the incident is still ongoing.
Mr Rudkin’s wife has paid tribute to him in a statement which reads: ‘As a family we are heartbroken. We’ve been together for 40 years married for nearly 37 years.
‘We met though our shared love of scooters. Bryn was a dearly loved husband, father to two boys and granddad to five.
‘He worshipped his children and grandchildren who have been robbed of those special dad and granddad times and future memories.
Brian Rudkin (pictured), 57, died when his Piaggio PX motorcycle collided with a black Nissan Terrano in the morning on March 2 on the A606 in the village of Langam, East Midlands
Mr Rudkin, also known as Bryn, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene of the fatal crash
A stock image of a Piaggio PX motorcycle – similar to the one Mr Rudkin was driving at the time
‘Bryn was my best friend as well as my husband. Over the last year we had been making plans to fulfil some dreams and were looking forward to doing this together.
‘The support we have received from our family, as well as the local and scootering community has been both overwhelming and a comfort to know everyone else knew Bryn as the lovely, kind, compassionate, caring man he was who would drop everything if someone needed help.
‘We are still numb from the shock of having him taken from us so suddenly, we feel robbed of a future together, our lives will never be the same, we have lost a very special man.’
Police have urged anyone with information regarding the crash to come forward by visiting http://leicspolice.link/JH7w2 and quoting incident 208 of 2 March.
