WILTSHIRE Councillor Chuck Berry has apologised profusely after allegedly acting aggressively when denied access to the A3102.

The A3102 Calne bypass was closed between 6am and 10.30am on Tuesday when a 25-year-old motorcyclist died after coming off his Yamaha motorbike.

Cllr Berry, Wiltshire Councillor for Minety, approached the scene at around 10am to try and get to Healthmatic Ltd, on the Redman Road, where he is the managing director.

He was denied access and told to take a different route which he took offence to, allegedly leading to a spate of bad language and aggressive behaviour.

The police were called to the scene and arrived with 10 minutes to issue Cllr Berry with a caution.

Cllr Berry denies that he swore at traffic management officers but says that he deeply regrets his behaviour.

Speaking to the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald he said: “I don’t think it I swore because that is not something that I would usually do, I’m not an aggressive person.

“I was just having a bad day. My behaviour was ridiculous and I have rang the Highways department at Balfour Beatty to express my sincere apology.

“The people at Balfour Beatty did absolutely the right thing in not letting me through, they have difficult job as it is without having some stupid member of the public like me acting the way I did.

“As a councillor I feel that I have a responsibility to look at a situation like this and sometimes when it is not so serious we are able to look at the scene and it sometimes helps.

“As soon as I found out that somebody had died I felt terrible and I’m so sorry for the individual involved who lost his life and for his family.”