A sticker tribute to a dad who died in a motorcycle accident has been spotted in Bournemouth.
Shane Whitson was a passenger on Daniel Hackett’s Suzuki motorcycle traveling on Ermin Street in March 2022 when the rider lost control.
In October of the same year stickers began to appear across the town of Shane’s face as one of the Swindonian’s best friends, who wished to remain anonymous, said he made the stickers to help him through his grief.
He said: "He is missed by so many of us and this helps."
Responding to the news at the time, Graham Guppy said: "Miss the little man so much - Ella, your dad is famous."
Sheila Brown added: "Shane would have loved this."
Now in 2023, one of the stickers of Shane’s face has been spotted quite some distance from Swindon.
The sticker was attached to a street sign between the town's famous pier and lower gardens.
The reporter said: "I remember seeing these stickers around Swindon and had to do a double take at first after seeing it so far away from Wiltshire - it's lovely that his memory is living on far and wide."
Shane died in 2022 when he was the passenger on a motorbike that crashed. He and driver Daniel Hackett, who had both consumed alcohol, were travelling at nearly 80mph on a 30mph road when the pair fell off the bike, an inquest heard.
After the crash, Shane's mum Jenny said in a tribute: "Shane was such a wonderful son, he will be so missed by all of us. He had a lot of friends and loved to make people laugh.
“He used his practical skills to help people out wherever he could - it was the kind of person he was.
“He was very kind and generous. He was a wonderful son, brother, brother-in-law, nephew, uncle, and cousin."
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