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A speeding motorcyclist has died from fatal injuries after a bird flew directly into him, hitting him on the neck and head.

Though the incident happened in Britain, it is a warning to Nigeria’s legion of okada riders, many of who take pleasure in over-speeding and other reckless behaviours.

College tutor Matthew Johnson, 32, was thrown off balance when the bird flew out from a near-side hedge and hit the side of his helmet, said Britain’s Daily Mail. Mr. Johnson, who was also a musician, died from multiple injuries near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire after he was knocked off his bike by the bird identified as a pheasant.

Daily Mail reported an inquest as hearing that it is likely Mr. Johnson was hit by his Kawasaki bike, which he bought in 2010, as it ‘cartwheeled’ down the road before plunging into nearby trees.

“He was riding under the 60mph speed limit and had not been drinking,” the paper reported. “He had left his work at Stafford College and was travelling towards Hilderstone at the time of the accident on December 29 last year.”

It added that “the impact of the collision was such that Mr. Johnson’s helmet visor was found embedded in the dead bird further along the road.”

Photo shows a pheasant, the type of which killed the motorcyclist after hitting him on the neck and head.

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