Coroner Simon Cooper has recommended an officer from Tasmania Police’s Crash Investigation Services attend all fatal road accidents after he was unable to reach a conclusion over a motorcyclist’s death in 2017.
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Brett Jason Greaves died from blunt force trauma in January last year after he came off his bike on Lake Leake Road.
Mr Greaves was part of an interstate group of riders who noticed he was missing when he didn’t arrive with the rest of them in Swansea.
Police from Swansea and Campbell Town attended the scene, but no officer from Crash Investigation Services was tasked to attend.
According to the police manual, it is not a requirement for a officer from this unit to attend fatal road accidents.
“In the absence of any evidence from an officer of CIS or other similarly qualified expert, I can reach no conclusion as to the likely involvement of any other vehicle in the crash which caused Mr Greaves’ death,” Mr Cooper said.