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SPORT Isle of Man TT: Superbike rider Dan Kneen dies in practice crash

A motorcyclist from the Isle of Man has been killed during practice for the TT.

30 year old Dan Kneen crashed on the first lap of the Superbike session at Churchtown. Organisers have passed on their deepest sympathy to Dan's partner and loved ones.

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TT fans pay tribute to Dan Kneen

Dan Kneen Credit: ITV Granada

There have been have been tributes today from the Superbike world to the rider Dan Kneen who's died following a crash on the Isle of Man

Dan, who was thirty and from Onchan on the Island was taking part in practice when he collided with a car in the Churchtown section.

Today though as his colleagues remembered a talented and hardworking rider, there was an insistence that the racing events would continue. Mike Hall sent this report from the Isle of Man.

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