An inque༺st into the death of road racer Darren Keys has ret🔯urned its verdict.

Northern Ireland rider Keys di꧋ed in 2019 after an accident atꦰ the Walderstown road racing event.

A jury at Dubli𓆏n Coroner’s Court delivered a judgement of death by misadventur☂e, almost six years on from his passing,  report.

Inquest verdict into Darren Keys' death

The court heard that Keys’ cause of death was multiple traumatic injuries in a motorcycle ra✱cing accident.

Report♌s of a spectator on the track ca♉used the marshals to raise a red flag, the inquest was told.

A second red flag was then raised, the inq🌳uest heard, as three riders cam🦂e to a bend on the road.

The first two riders slowed down but the third rid♍er, Keys, struck them.

The front tyre of Keys’ bike hit the rear tyre of the rider in front, the inquest was told. Keys lost cont🙈rol and crashed into a residential wall.

Garda Sgt Thomas Brennan, a forensic collision investigator, ruled that there had been the “slꦏightest touch” between the tyres of Keys and the rider in front of him, The Irish Times also report.

He ruled that t🐈heꦦ impact caused Keys to crash into a safety barrier, slide under it, then hit the wall.

Sgt Brennan said Keys would have been t🦩ravelling at “a significant speed” but didn’t put an exact number on it.

Dr Aidan Grufferty, who led the medical team at the race, said Keys had no pulse and was not breath😼ing when he was found. Life support measures were carried out, he said.

Keys was pronounced dead later at Mater Hospital.

A seven-person jury at the inquest into t🐽heir death recommended that Motorcycling Ireland look into the effectiveness of their safety barriers💧.

They also recommended a review into spectator control, and possible in-h🐭elmet communications between riders and race directors.