Ray Livori: Deer Park motorcyclist killed, two injured after collision with van
A motorbike rider has been remembered as a loving dad who lived life to its fullest after he was tragically killed in a crash at Ardeer.
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The family of a 45-year-old motorbike rider Ray Livori is grieving his death after a fatal crash in Ardeer on a horror day on Melbourne roads.
Mr Livori, a keen motorbike rider, died after a collision with a van on the corner of Ballarat Rd and Esmond St around 5.30pm on Thursday.
His daughter, Chloe Livori, described her dad as “my father, my protector, my everything”.
Mr Livori, 45, was carrying a 29-year-old St Albans woman as a pillion at the time of the crash.
He died at the scene and his passenger was taken to hospital with critical injuries.
Ms Livori said her father, an experienced motorbike rider, died doing what he loved.
Recently engaged, she said she had been looking forward to her father walking her down the aisle.
“My heart is bursting into a thousand pieces,” Ms Livori said in a moving tribute online.
Mr Livori remained on good terms with his former wife, Melanie Dunn, who wrote: “We were so in love. We had a beautiful baby girl who just worships the ground you walk on.”
“You are now at peace.”
The van driver, a 70-year-old Avondale Heights woman, was taken to hospital for treatment.
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives were at the scene into the early hours of Friday morning and urged anyone who saw the crash or who had dashcam footage to come forward.
The crash which claimed Mr Livori’s life was one of two serious motorbike accidents on Thursday evening alone.
In Carrum Downs, also around 5.30pm, a car collided with a motorbike at the intersection of Frankston-Dandenong Road and Centenary St, leaving a 61-year-old male rider with life-threatening injuries.
The 44-year-old Seaford woman who was driving the car stopped at the scene and was assisting Victoria Police with their inquiries.
The latest incidents come following the death of Clyde motorcyclist Matt Weegink following an alleged hit-run crash in Cranbourne North early on Thursday.
Mr Weegink, 26, was killed after the motorbike he was riding and a silver Holden Commodore collided at 2am on Thompsons Rd near Lancell Drive.
Police said they believed the driver of the Commodore got out of his car and picked up “vehicle parts” before driving off west on Thompsons Road.
The car was later located unoccupied in Lyall St, Hastings, about 9.20am.
Witnesses reportedly rushed to help Mr Weegink but he died at the scene.
Detectives from the Major Collision Investigation Unit arrested a Toora man, 30, at Frankston Train Station in relation to the incident about 4pm.
The man is assisting police with their inquiries.
A Mitsubishi ute performing a U-turn at Dalton Rd in Thomastown also collided with a motorcyclist on Thursday about 7.30am.
A 22-year-old Diamond Creek rider was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the car, a 23-year-old Roxborough Park man, stopped at the scene.
He was arrested but has since been released pending further inquiries.
Anyone who witnessed the collisions or who has dashcam footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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