A Basingstoke biker was killed after colliding with an ambulance racing to an emergency call.
Kenneth Mellor, from Pendennis Close, Winklebury died on June 15 this year after coming off his bike on the A3093 near Andover shortly after 6pm.
The 52-year-old crashed into the path of a speeding ambulance. He died at the scene.
On Wednesday, November 8, Central Hampshire Coroner Grahame Short recorded a verdict of accidental death.
The court heard how Mr Mellor was joined by his son Mark, from Hartley Wintney, for a summer evening bike ride.
Mr Mellow was described as an experienced biker, having held a licence since he was 21. However he had only come back to biking with his son after a decade off.
The pair headed off for a tour of North Hampshire, but tragedy struck when Mr Mellor lost control of his Triumph Daytona motorcycle on the A3093, towards the westbound carriageway of the A303.
Witnesses described how the bike left the road onto the central reservation where there was no barrier in place. On the grass, Mr Mellow came off the bike and went into oncoming traffic.
Mark Burrows, a paramedic of 15 years experience with South Central Ambulance Service based at Andover ambulance station was driving the vehicle that hit the biker.
He said he twitched the wheel when he saw the accident unfolding.
He said: “I had a brief hope that it would make difference to him.
“My colleague ran to the motorcyclist, and after making the call I stepped out and shouted what kit did I need to bring. She replied I did not need to bring anything more.
“It did not sink in for about 10 seconds. She repeated there was no need to bring any equipment. At that point my life change a little bit forever.”
At the inquest, Hampshire Constabulary collisions investigator Andy McDonnell said it was impossible to know exactly what happened.
He suggested that Mr Mellor had gone into the bend too fast and had hit the brakes in a bid to slow down.
This forced the leaning bike to sit up straight, taking the biker onto the grass central divide where he came off.
Coroner Short said Mr Burrows was not at fault in the accident.
