Family Tribute For Tragic North-East Biker

John Ogston died in a crash on the A947 yesterday morning.

Published 10th Apr 2015

The family of a motorcyclist who died following a collision with a car have paid tribute to Oor Jocky'' as a man with abig heart''.

John Ogston, 54, was involved in a crash on the A947 at Plaidy, near Turriff in Aberdeenshire, yesterday morning.

The woman driving the grey Audi A1 car was not injured in the collision involving Mr Ogston's black Victory motorcycle.

Mr Ogston, known as Jocky, was from the Banff area.

In a statement released through police, his wife Lesley said: Jocky was born in his leathers and motorcycles have been a huge part of his life since he was 16 years of age.

He loved his current job at Fisher Offshore in Oldmeldrum and helped out in the evenings at Lesley's bakery in Whitehills.

His whole family is absolutely devastated at the loss of Oor Jocky, who had a big heart and forced everyone around him not to take life too seriously.

His many friends and family will know what a great loss to the world he will be, but he will be in our hearts and minds forever.''