From: Philip Johnston [mailto:scribepj@bigpond.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 12:47 PM
To: 'jake.mccallum@news.com.au' <jake.mccallum@news.com.au>
Subject: Motor Cycle fatality on the 3.85km section of the Old Pacific Highway between Brooklyn Rd and Pie in the Sky cafe on Sat 20th Jan

Jake  - Hornsby Advocate - 0412 960.047

I refer to my ‘phone call to you a few mins ago after David, your colleague, provided your mob #.

I have administered an endurance road cycling group, Muggaccinos.com, for 21 years. 

Muggs' Sunday road bike rides have visited Pie in the Sky Cafe about 15 times a year for 21 years.

As evidenced in the below four YouTubes, in recent years a lot of motor bike riders have visited Pie in the Sky Cafe on a Saturday or Sunday and ridden loops down to Brooklyn Rd and back up to Pie in the Sky Cafe, sometimes at break neck speeds.

1.        Old Pacific Highway - Cheap Thrills edition

2.        Police Chase, Fast Riders and a crash. Old Pacific Highway – 6-11-16

3.        Riding with Subscribers: with a Crash and a Police Encounter

4.        ‘Sunday Therapy’ - RAW Onboard - Old Pacific Highway

Below is a Newspaper article re the death of a motor bike rider on Sat 23 Sept 2017 on the same section of road.

Malcolm Jenkins, 45, killed in motorcycle crash on Old Pacific Highway on Sat, 23 Sept 2017 at Cowan - Daily Telegraph

Below is a URL to the fatality of a 19 year old last Saturday on the same section of the Old Pacific Highway, north of Cowan.

18 year old male dies in motorcycle crash near Cowan NSW on Sat, 20 Jan 2018 - The Australian

I welcome any photos or evidence where the fatal trauma accident occurred last Saturday. 

Question:

Was the 19 year old riding his motor bike up from Brooklyn Rd in a southerly direction twds Pie in the Sky Cafe?

Or was he descending from visited Pie in the Sky Cafe heading North twds Brooklyn Rd?

Phil Johnston aka  Bank Teller
0434 715.861