Tributes have been paid to a 42-year-old motorcyclist who died after he was involved in accident.
Craig Foster, 42, suffered fatal injuries in the incident in Simonstone at around 4.30pm yesterday.
Craig’s wife Mel paid tribute to him and said: “Craig was Craig, people that knew him know this well.
"Craig lived an interesting and fun filled life with love and laughter and touched many hearts along the way, a popular guy with a huge personality.
"It is a truly tragic loss of a loving husband and father to our two wonderful children Cory and Lola.
"He was a marvellous son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend to many.
“Craig was a hard-working man. After spending some time working on his father’s butchers stall in Accrington he turned his hand to the restoration of Volkswagen Beetle cars and campervans.
“He was a keen and experienced motorcyclist and was on his way home to see his family after a day’s work when the crash happened.”
Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident or anyone who saw the motorcycle or a JCB prior to the accident to get in touch with police on 101 quoting log number 1052 of March 23.
The road was closed for five hours while an accident investigation was carried out.
