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Funeral of TT rider to take place today

Credit: Manx Motor Cycle Club

A procession is set to leave the grandstand this afternoon

The funeral of TT rider Raul Torras Martinez takes place today. (21 June)

A hearse bearing his coffin will leave the TT Grandstand for a final lap of the course before returning to Douglas Borough Crematorium.

The Manx Motorcycle Club have confirmed a procession will around the mountain course will begin at 12-noon, and encourage anyone wishing to pay their respects to follow the hearse.

The coffin will return to Douglas Borough Crematorium at 13.15 before funeral proceedings commence.

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