motorcycle collided with a wall.

This disclosure came yesterday during the inquest of Kenneth Theophilus Perinchief before coroner Edward King.

Mr. Perinchief, of Lookout Lane, Devonshire, was riding his black Suzuki motorcycle to the airport in the early morning hours of February 22.

The 25-year-old man was an employee of American Airlines.

Shortly after 5.30 a.m. Perinchief collided with the wall of the Causeway in Hamilton Parish.

Police estimated Mr. Perinchief's motorcycle was travelling at 52 kph after striking the wall.

Yesterday, Dr. James Johnston said toxicology reports revealed Mr. Perinchief had two and a half times the legal amount of alcohol -- 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood -- in his blood at the time of the accident.

And Mr. Perinchief's death was caused by multiple wounds to his heart, lung, and spine, he said.

Witnesses who arrived at the scene shortly after the collision said Mr.

Perinchief's body was cold and without a pulse.

Efforts to use cardio-pulmonary resuscitation at the scene of the accident and inside the ambulance were unsuccessful.

Mr. Perinchief's best friend and college roommate Cory Furbert, gave emotional testimony in court yesterday.

He said he and Mr. Perinchief had been together up until a few hours before the fatal accident.

The two men had gone out to Captain's Lounge and the Odyssey nightclub to celebrate Mr. Furbert's birthday.

He said he had seen Mr. Perinchief have a few drinks but that it was nothing unusual.

The two friends parted after going to the Ice Queen restaurant around 3 a.m.

An American Airlines employee, Claudette Aileene Ford, described Mr.

Perinchief as a "nice guy'' and a "perfect gentleman''.

Mr. King said Mr. Perinchief's excess alcohol and high speed were clear factors in the fatal accident.

And he ruled that Mr. Perinchief's death was by misadventure.