A man enjoying a biking weekend died from carbon monoxide poisoning after sleeping in his van with a barbecue he had packed away thinking it had gone out.

David Swallow, 29, was at a motorbike race meet in Scotland with his dad and had put on the portable barbecue at the end of the day.

He turned in for the night in his van where he and his dad had been using the residual heat from the equipment to keep warm - not realising the barbecue was still smouldering and releasing toxic fumes that would eventually kill him.

Devastated dad Bill found him suffering a seizure the next morning and revealed that his son had only replaced an old van with holes in a couple of months earlier - which could have inadvertently saved his life.

David, who was married to Ruth and lived in Cheadle, Ches., was rushed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Bill said it was only on the journey over that he realised that the barbecue could have been responsible for the condition of his son.