THE motorcyclist killed in an accident on the B1363 York to Helmsley road, near Brandsby, has been named as the Rev Ian Currie, an assistant minister at a Middlesbrough church.

Mr Currie, 56, was returning home from a York Diocesan conference in Derbyshire when the accident, involving a Toyota Carina, happened on Thursday, said a spokesman for the York Diocese.

He leaves a widow and two grown-up sons.

Police have said the collision occurred after the motorbike went out of control on a bend.

Updated: 09:38 Saturday, June 21, 2003