Mr Dunlop was killed in the crash
An inquest has heard that there was “a blast of oil and smoke” from a motorcycle ridden by Northern Ireland sportsman William Dunlop just before he was involved in a fatal collision during a race in north Dublin five years ago.
Mr Howard said he immediately declared a red flag to stop the racing due to the resulting oil spillage on the track. The marshal said he ran up the road after the rider but could not see anything because of the smoke.Questioned by counsel for Mar-Train, Damien Crawford BL, he said Mr Dunlop’s bike, which he estimated was travelling at up to 170mph at the time, had a “heavy impact” with the road.
Mr Garry described the piece of equipment – which is used to plug the oil sump that is covered by the belly pan – as appearing “ten years old and shattered looking.” “100 per cent William Dunlop would not take this bike out for the last time in this condition,” said Mr Russell. The coroner, Cróna Gallagher, said a post-mortem had shown Mr Dunlop had died as a result of traumatic head injuries and a fracture to the top of his spine which she said were “un-survivable.”
Mr Ryan said he was at the start and finish line when he was alerted at around 4.45pm that practice laps had been suspended after a red flag incident.
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