Motor-cycle ace killed
NZPA Tokyo France's top motor-cycle rider, Christian Leon, was killed in an accident on Saturday while testing a new Suxuki bike at Ryoyo town, about 250 km south of Tokyo, the Tokyo police said yesterday. Leon, aged 33, was Europe's
> foremost motor-cycle rider, and had won the European eight- , hour endurance championship i for three consecutive years, s 1977-79. He failed to negotiate t a curve on the test course ami i crashed, and died later in hosl pita I. The police are investigating i the cause of the accident.
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