speed at a dangerous road junction.

Mr. Edward Correia said the 33-year-old Casemates' prison officer had been "weaving from side to side''.

"The next thing I knew he hit me,'' he told the inquest into Mr. Adams' death.

The hearing was told the crash occurred about 6 a.m. at the junction of Middle Road with Woodlawn Road, Sandys, on January 8 this year.

Witnesses testified the road was wet and slippery, and one Police officer said the tyres on Mr. Adams' Toyota bike were not fully inflated.

Driving on a wet road with such tyres would be "treacherous'', said Sgt.

Tyrone Smith.

Mr. Freddie Burrows, of Spring Benny Road, Sandys, said Mr. Adams fell from his bike before the collision.

He believed the bike may have spun after crossing very thick paint in the middle of the road.

Mr. Adams, brother of then Police acting Chief Inspector Carlton Adams, died the next day in hospital from head injuries.

Coroner the Wor. John Judge recorded a verdict of accidental death.

He described the junction as "particularly dangerous'', and backed recommendations for warning signs to be placed there.

W.P.c. Shelly Grant, who investigated the crash, said she did not believe Mr.

Correia was to blame.

"I believe Mr. Adams was travelling at excess speed without regard for the road conditions,'' she said.

W.P.c. Grant recommended warning signs be put up, urging motorists to slow down.

Alternatively the signs could warn this was a "frequent accident spot'', she added.

Another idea was to install a wire-enclosed mirror for motorists approaching the junction.

W.P.c Grant said father-of-one Mr. Adams, of Highwood Lane, Paget, had been a prison officer for six years.

At Casemates he was responsible for 40 inmates.

"He was a likable person, whose fellow employees had only good things to say about him,'' she added.

She added Mr. Adams played soccer, and was keen on weight training and cycling.

Dr. John Winwick, consultant pathologist at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, read doctors' reports on Mr. Adams' injuries.

He said Mr. Adams, who suffered various injuries about his body, was declared dead at 1 p.m. on January 9.

The autopsy report showed Mr. Adams had died from haemorrhaging caused by head injuries.

Dr. Winwick revealed Mr. Adams had donated his heart, liver and kidneys for transplant operations.

Mr. Correia, of Woodlawn Road, Sandys Parish, who works for a construction company, said he had been going to the Hamiltonian Hotel for a job.

He said he stopped at the junction's stop sign, intending turning right.

He said he looked for oncoming traffic, and then checked again after moving two feet forward. The accident occurred as he moved out of the junction.

Mr. Correia said the biker appeared "out of control'', and skidded into him.

The impact moved his car around.

Mr. Burrows said he had seen Mr. Adams' bike travelling at "great speed'' down the hill.

"Mr. Adams was not on the bike at the collision,'' he added.

Mr. Burrows said the bike moved from the left to the centre of Middle Road.

Nurse Ms Yvonne McHugh, of Harvey Hill Road, Smith's Parish, said she found Mr. Adams lying on the westbound lane towards the rear of the car.

Mr. Adams had a slow pulse, but did not regain consciousness on his way to hospital.

Sgt. Smith said the front and rear offside doors of the car were damaged.

He said he inspected the bike tyres, and found the pressure to be 50 percent down.