Overview
- Essex Police said a motorcyclist in his 30s died after officers pursued a rider reported to have failed to stop earlier in the day.
- The crash with a van occurred just after 6:30 p.m. on Monday, January 12, on the A414 near Bobbingworth.
- Police arrested the van driver at the scene and later released him under investigation.
- Officers have not formally identified the rider, though Hardcastle’s post announced his son’s death and police noted no other fatal motorbike crashes in the area that day.
- The Independent Office for Police Conduct will carry out an investigation into the incident, as tributes highlight Paul Hardcastle Jr’s career as a saxophonist and DJ with a 2010 US Billboard Jazz number one.