A SON has paid tribute to his devoted father whose death in a tragic accident has "robbed" his young family.

Trevor Dyke, 61, was hit by a motorbike while letting his young son out of the car for a toilet break on a Malvern road last week.

Toolmaker Trevor, was a union convenor at the former Smethwick Drop Forgings factory, Kidderminster, and later a full-time county union representative.

He leaves three children from his first marriage and had three aged under five with wife Michelle.

The tragedy unfolded at 3.25pm on Sunday, June 23, when Trevor was parked at the side of Guarlford Road, Malvern.

Michelle and their children Jessica, five, and Jennifer, four months, were in the Vauxhall Cavalier when Trevor was hit by a Suzuki 1100 GSXR motorbike while letting out three-year-old Jordan, who escaped with minor bruising.

The bike rider was treated for extreme shock. Trevor's life support machine was switched off the following day.

The family was on the way from its Tolley Road home to visit Trevor's 35-year-old son Dave, the director of a research company in Malvern.

Dave said: "He was a very fit man and he looked after himself - that's the tragedy."

Trevor, a keen horse racing fan, was a former member of Stourport Athletics Club and was planning to run a half marathon in September.

He also leaves 40-year-old son Brian, who runs an office cleaning firm in Stourport, and daughter Pauline, 38, a Kidderminster housewife.

"We have been remembering him - he was a full-time dad," said Dave. "He was always there. And he was doing all that again with his young family.

"He loved life and he lived it energetically. The saddest thing is that his young family has been robbed of what we had, in terms of having him around," he added.

The funeral service will be held tomorrow at 10.30am at the Elim Church, Bromsgrove Street, Kidderminster. There will be family flowers with donations to be split between Cancer Research and Air Ambulance.

Dave predicts "friends from all aspects of his life will turn up".

"Dad had a natural wisdom and understanding," he said. "He was a union convenor and that was all about resolving disagreements and avoiding confrontation.

"He had a natural ability for it. He didn't have a bad word to say about anyone."