Family pay tribute to 'much-loved' Pickering mum who died in crash

Wednesday, 31 July 2024 14:08

By Karen Darley

A MOTORBIKE passenger killed in a Cumbria crash was ‘going to her favourite place’, her family has said.

Police have named the pillion passenger who died on Sunday afternoon as 55-year-old Beverley Hainsworth, of Pickering.

The incident happened at the A684 junction of the M6 at around 2.20pm.

It involved a grey Audi A3 and a Kawasaki motorcycle being ridden by Mrs Hainsworth’s husband, David.

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