A DOCTOR has told a jury he was "absolutely devastated" to hear a motorcyclist who had collided with his car had died.
Vincent Hamlyn, aged 33, of Sedbury Hill, Tutshill near Chepstow, is on trial accused of causing the death of Kevin Morgan by dangerous driving on June 21 last year. He denies the charge.
Mr Morgan, 60, from Cwmbran, died at the scene of the collision with a black convertible BMW Z4, driven by anaesthetist Hamlyn, on the A449 outside Newport, just off the Coldra roundabout. He had been riding his white Kawasaki motorbike at the time.
Cardiff Crown Court heard evidence today (Mon) from Hamlyn.
He told the jury he was on his way to meet some friends in Monmouth for lunch at the time of the incident.
Hamlyn said he had been saving up to buy the car, which he had owned for around three months at the time, because it was "reliable" and not because it was a sports car.
Recalling when he was told of Mr Morgan's death, Hamlyn said: "I was absolutely devastated. A man had died. I'd done my best over a period, it seemed over a long time, to resuscitate him.
"It was disorientating, upsetting obviously. I'd never been in that kind of situation before."
His defence barrister Michael Mather-Lees QC then asked him: "Were you entering into some tacit racing with this motorcyclist?"
Hamlyn replied: "No, absolutely not."
He repeatedly denied engaging in any sort of racing with Mr Morgan.
The jury has previously heard how Hamlyn performed CPR on Mr Morgan until the emergency services arrived.
Following 40 minutes of resuscitation, Mr Morgan was pronounced dead by paramedics at 12.13pm.
He suffered major traumatic injuries to his head, pelvis, and chest. The post-mortem carried out by Dr DS James revealed that Mr Morgan died of complex skull fractures.
Prosecutor Matthew Roberts claims Mr Morgan died after a high speed race in which both he and the defendant had been "jostling for the best position on the road and racing each other".

Proceeding.