Inquest into death of TT racer to open

Thu, 06 Jun 2013

The inquest into the death of a Japanese TT racer will open today.

Yoshinari Matsushita was killed in a practice session on May 27th following an incident at Ballacrye.

The 43-year-old from Japan was riding for Tyco Suzuki and was an experienced competitor having first competed in the TT in 2009.

Coroner John Needham will open proceedings at Douglas Courthouse at 2pm.