'We fund rider training in memory of my brother'

Danny Sargeant says his brother achieved a lot in life and was working as a flight instructor to fund his way through university

The family of a trainee doctor who died following a crash are fundraising to pay for advanced riding courses for newly qualified motorcyclists.

Steven Lee, who was 26, was riding his motorbike back to university in Swansea in August 2022 when he was involved in a collision.

His older brother Danny Sargeant, from Audlem, Cheshire, now runs a foundation in his memory, which has already paid for lessons for 12 riders.

"We wanted something positive to come out of a terrible, terrible thing," said Mr Sargeant.

Steven Lee was training to be a doctor

He described Mr Lee as "one of the most talented and wonderful people you could ever meet," who lived life "to the absolute max".

His brother became a qualified piano teacher as a teenager and learnt to fly with the air cadets.

Having "excelled" at that, he became an instructor with a flying school and was teaching people to fly to help to fund his way through his medical degree.

"All this while he was only 26 years old. He was a quite a guy," said Mr Sargeant, who described the first six months after his death as "awful for everybody".

The initial goal of the foundation had been to "prevent other families having to go through what we had to".

The new motorcyclists have been put through training with the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) and the foundation is now also offering roadcraft lessons with a superbike company.

"Between the two, they're going to be fully robust, all round advanced riders."

The family have blankets made from Steven's clothing, including the green medical scrubs he wore

Mr Sargeant believes his younger brother, who loved motorbikes and riding, would be proud of what they are doing in his name.

"To see that we are taking his passing and turning it into something positive, and genuinely helping young people to be safe on the road, I think he'd be very happy."

Following the collision on the A40 near Monmouth in August 2022, a man was charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

He pleaded not guilty in October 2024, with a trial set to be held in July 2026.