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| Lucy Davis and partner Lee Jenkins caught up in deadly crash which killed six in early hours of Sunday | |
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| Wed 20 Dec 2017 00.00 GMT | |
| Last modified on Wed 20 Dec 2017 00.28 GMT | |
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| A loving couple killed in a multi-car crash were “great together” and looking forward to their future, relatives have said. | A loving couple killed in a multi-car crash were “great together” and looking forward to their future, relatives have said. |
| Lucy Davis, 43, a mother of two, and her 42-year-old partner, Lee Jenkins, were passengers in a taxi caught up in a deadly crash in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday. The pair were among six people, including three friends in an Audi S3 and the cab’s driver, who were all killed after a collision involving the cars on Lee Bank Middleway. | Lucy Davis, 43, a mother of two, and her 42-year-old partner, Lee Jenkins, were passengers in a taxi caught up in a deadly crash in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday. The pair were among six people, including three friends in an Audi S3 and the cab’s driver, who were all killed after a collision involving the cars on Lee Bank Middleway. |
| In a heartfelt tribute to Davis, who had a son and a daughter, her sister Alison Worth described her as “beautiful, kind and lovely”. | In a heartfelt tribute to Davis, who had a son and a daughter, her sister Alison Worth described her as “beautiful, kind and lovely”. |
| She said the couple’s “lovely day and evening” with friends had ended in tragedy, adding: “Life is cruel.” | She said the couple’s “lovely day and evening” with friends had ended in tragedy, adding: “Life is cruel.” |
| Describing the family’s “almost unbearable” pain at the loss, Worth was also adamant Davis and Jenkins, a clinical scientist at the city’s Queen Elizabeth hospital, were wearing seatbelts in the taxi. | Describing the family’s “almost unbearable” pain at the loss, Worth was also adamant Davis and Jenkins, a clinical scientist at the city’s Queen Elizabeth hospital, were wearing seatbelts in the taxi. |
| She said: “They were in a taxi as they wouldn’t think of driving. They were wearing seatbelts as Lulu [Lucy] wouldn’t get in a car if the seatbelts didn’t work.” | She said: “They were in a taxi as they wouldn’t think of driving. They were wearing seatbelts as Lulu [Lucy] wouldn’t get in a car if the seatbelts didn’t work.” |
| Paying tribute to the couple on Facebook, she added: “They were happy. They were great together and had so many plans. You will always be in my heart and my thoughts. I miss you so much x.” | Paying tribute to the couple on Facebook, she added: “They were happy. They were great together and had so many plans. You will always be in my heart and my thoughts. I miss you so much x.” |
| A statement issued through the police by the wider family said she “brought happiness to the lives of all she met”. | A statement issued through the police by the wider family said she “brought happiness to the lives of all she met”. |
| Davis, a sign language interpreter from Kingstanding, Birmingham, was also described as “friendly” and “always smiling” by shocked neighbours. | Davis, a sign language interpreter from Kingstanding, Birmingham, was also described as “friendly” and “always smiling” by shocked neighbours. |
| Jenkins’s colleagues at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS foundation trust also paid tribute, with one saying “you could not have met a more genuine, wonderful man”. | Jenkins’s colleagues at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS foundation trust also paid tribute, with one saying “you could not have met a more genuine, wonderful man”. |
| The other four who died were the taxi’s driver, Imtiaz Mohammed, and three men in the Audi – Tauqeer Hussain, Kasar Jehangir and Mohammed Fasha. The cab driver, 33, from Small Heath, Birmingham, had rung his wife moments before the crash, telling her he would be home for supper. His brother, Noorshad Mohammed, said: “It was his last job of the night. That was the last time she spoke to him.” | The other four who died were the taxi’s driver, Imtiaz Mohammed, and three men in the Audi – Tauqeer Hussain, Kasar Jehangir and Mohammed Fasha. The cab driver, 33, from Small Heath, Birmingham, had rung his wife moments before the crash, telling her he would be home for supper. His brother, Noorshad Mohammed, said: “It was his last job of the night. That was the last time she spoke to him.” |
| The police investigation into the cause of the crash is continuing. | The police investigation into the cause of the crash is continuing. |
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