Three people arrested after death of motorcyclist near petrol station
The motorcyclist died near the BP petrol station in St Osyth - Credit: Google
Three people have been arrested in connection with the death of a motorcyclist in St Osyth.
A man, from Clacton, came off his motorcycle near the BP petrol station at around 5.20pm on Friday.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A short while later, a BMW X5 was discovered abandoned by police in the nearby St Clair's Road.
Essex Police has now confirmed three people have been arrested in connection with the man's death.
A 35-year-old woman, a 58-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man have been arrested death by dangerous driving, driving whilst unfit through drink or drugs and failing to stop at the scene of a collision.
The trio remain in custody.
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Anyone with information related to the incident, or has dashcam footage of the area, is urged to contact Essex Police, quoting incident number 872 of Friday, December 18.
