A MOTORBIKE enthusiast from Huddersfield died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning after sleeping in his van with a barbecue which he thought had gone out.

David Swallow, son of Huddersfield teacher Bill Swallow, was at a motorbike race meet in Scotland with his dad and had used a portable barbecue at the end of the day.

David, 29, packed the grill away but failed to realise it was still smouldering as he went to sleep in his van.

His dad Bill, who has won several Isle of Man TT Classic Manx Grand Prix races, who slept in a different vehicle, found his son having a seizure the next morning.

David, who lived in Cheadle, Cheshire, was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where he slipped into a coma and died on June 24.

Mr Swallow, 59, said: "We were told that David fell into a deep sleep after we left and there was just enough of the barbecue still going that it was giving off carbon monoxide for the first hour or so while he was asleep."