UPDATE: The name of the woman motorcyclist in this accident (see first article below) has been confirmed by the police as Amoné Botha (22).

Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Kappie Kapp, says Botha reportedly lost control of her motorcycle and left the road, colliding with a tree.

Hospital

She died in hospital after the accident. 

Kapp says a case of culpable homicide has been opened by the police. It is standard procedure that if someone dies as a result of a motor accident, a case of culpable homicide is opened.

Captain Jackie Grundlingh, head of the Mossel Bay Police Station detectives, is investigating the case. Anyone with information which could help in the case, is asked to contact Grundlingh (044 606 2800). 

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Original article

MOSSEL BAY NEWS - A motorcycle left the road on Louis Fourie Road, near the intersection with upper Marsh Street in the area of Linkside/Da Nova at about 10:00 today.

Mossel Bay Advertiser can confirm a woman motorcyclist passed away after this accident.  Mossel Bay Municipality crew and emergency services personnel were on the scene soon after the accident took place.

Group

The woman was riding with a group of bikers at the time and on her way to the MOTH Motorcyclist Association parade at the Cenotaph war memorial, at The Point, Mossel Bay, when the accident took place. 

This is according to Anthony van Tonder, the event co-ordinator of the MOTH Motorcycle Association. 

He says a minute's silence was held for her after the proceedings at the Cenotaph. 

Parade

The parade was being held today in memory of fallen soldiers, as part of commemorating Remembrance Day, which is on Monday, 11 November.

Sadly, it is also held each year to remember motorcyclists who had passed away, Van Tonder notes.

Mossel Bay Advertiser can only confirm the identity of the motorcyclist once her next of kin have been informed and once the police have provided the identity.