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BBC News
27-05-2025
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Family of woman who died in crash with speeding car pay tribute
The family of a woman who died in a collision while cycling home have paid tribute to the keen folk musician and "experienced cyclist all her life" after a driver was jailed for causing her Emerson-Reed, 63, was riding along the B3081 between Tollard Royal, on the Wiltshire/Dorset border and Shaftesbury, Dorset, with a friend at about 23:00 BST on 23 June 2023 when she was knocked off her Morris, 75, was jailed for 10 months earlier this month after admitting causing death by careless tribute issued via Wiltshire Police, her family said Ms Emerson-Reed was "a ride leader for Gillingham Wheelers cycling club and a key member of Blackmore Vale Cycling Club". Ms Emerson-Reed was "also named as a Community Champion by Cycling UK in the year she was killed", they for her enthusiasm and expertise, her family said the "competent and sympathetic ride leader" had "toured widely on her bike", notching up 10,000 miles (about 16,000km) in one year alone."She was killed riding home from the Ashmore Filly Loo, a folk festival celebrating Midsummer's Day, which reflects Mary's other great passion as a folk musician."She played the folk fiddle, in addition to which she was a first violinist in the Shaftesbury Symphony Orchestra," they family also said Ms Emerson-Reed was an active member of the Shaftesbury community, volunteering at the Hill Top Litter Pickers and Stourhead."Mary is much missed by family, friends and colleagues," they Morris, of Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, was also disqualified from driving for 29 months and told to pay a surcharge of £187, at Salisbury Crown Court.
BBC News
14-05-2025
- BBC News
Speeding Wiltshire driver, 75, jailed after killing cyclist, 63
A 75-year-old driver who knocked a 63-year-old woman off her bike at night while speeding has been jailed for causing her Morris was sentenced to 10 months in jail after hitting Mary Emerson-Reed on the B3081 between Tollard Royal and Shaftesbury in June 2023, despite the fact she was using bike lights and wearing hi-vis Morris, of Budbury Circle in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, initially claimed not to have been able to see her but later pleaded guilty to death by careless driving, after he was shown to have been travelling at 69mph on a 60mph was disqualified from driving for 29 months at Salisbury Crown Court and told to pay a surcharge of £187. Ms Emerson-Reed, an experienced bike rider, was cycling with a friend at 23:00 BST on the night she was Morris initially said he was not able to see them due to headlights coming from the opposite direction, but a police reconstruction of the incident showed they would have been visible 200m Police thanked the family for their patience and said their thoughts were with Con Alex Collins, from Wiltshire Police's serious collision investigation team, said: "There can be no excuse for Morris's driving. Mary and her friend had their bicycle lights illuminated and they were correctly wearing high-visibility, reflective clothing given the late hour."This sad case highlights the importance of giving your full attention to the road, no matter the hour."
