A SHOPKEEPER who lost his brother in a road accident earlier this year is relieved his best friend and business partner has survived an horrific smash. Bobby Cooper, 28, of The Spar, Higher Kinnerton, said his pal Ian Wyatt was lucky to be alive after breaking his thigh bone in two places, his arm and possibly suffering a fractured pelvis. Mr Wyatt, 28, was riding his Suzuki motorcycle on Monday when he was involved in a collision with a tractor and trailer at Dodleston about 4.20pm on Monday. Bobby, who lost his brother Danny Forooghian, 18, in a road accident at Higher Kinnerton in February, runs The Spar in Maine Road with Mr Wyatt and the two live together in a bungalow at the back of the shop. He said: 'He's not too good. He's going to be in and out of hospital for about a month and off work for quite a while. He'd only gone off to get some petrol. Fortunately he's got no head injuries or facial injuries. He's been very lucky.' Ian's mum lives in Ewloe and he has three brothers. Passing motorist Cllr Mia Jones (Lib Dem, Dodleston) was among those who went to the aid of the motorcyclist at the scene of the collision in Welsh Road near the junction with Church Road. She said: 'He clipped the wheel of the silage truck. I think that's what saved him, rather than smashing into the back of the truck itself.' Cllr Jones praised the actions of an MBNA employee who stopped to help and agreed to travel with the man in the back of the ambulance. 'It was a rotten day but that cheered me up a touch. It gives you faith in mankind when you see kindness like that.' she said. Without making a judgement about the cause of this particular accident, Cllr Jones, who has been campaigning for traffic calming measures on the road, said there were far too many collisions on the 60mph stretch which included a 'terribly bad bend'. Cllr Jones said: 'I can't understand why the county council and police and county council are reluctant to put speed restrictions in vulnerable areas like this.' She said there had been markings painted on Church Road over the last few years but it was insufficient. 'They have put a sticking plaster over the wound. I want them to go further than just putting blobs of paint on the road surface,' she said. 'There are young families in the houses which are very close to the road along there.' She said some residents had even erected their own warning signs in a bid to persuade motorists to slow down. The councillor has spoken to Chester police about her concerns. Mersey Regional Ambulance spokesman Andrew Molyneux said an ambulance was sent to the scene along with a specialist trauma team from the Countess of Chester Hospital because the casualty was 'so badly shaken'. | 
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