Tributes to two women killed in Barry collision

Thursday, 7 November 2024 16:06

By Gareth Joy X @lookoutwales2

(l-r) Beverley Pugsey and Madeline Brooks (family photos)

Tributes have been paid to two women killed in a road collision in Barry.

Beverly Pugsley (69) and Madeline Brooks (85) died at the scene of the collision on the A4050 Port Road last Saturday afternoon.

Two men, aged 24 and 67, remain in hospital.

Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses following the collision, which closed the road for nearly ten hours.

Mrs Brooks, who was born in Penarth but lived in Barry for over 65 years, was described by her family as "a lively lady, full of energy".

In a statement, they said: "She loved ballroom dancing and was a teacher at many venues around Wales, still attending afternoon dances in her later years."

“She was always very active, loved gardening and always out an about, shopping, visiting places and holidaying, mostly in Devon in later years.”

Mrs Pugsley, from the Llandaff area of Cardiff, was a retired TV researcher, who worked most of her life at the BBC.

Her family said: "Beverley was a quiet lady who loved her job, having worked for the BBC for biggest part of her life in various roles and in the later as a researcher for many television programmes. She was still partly working after retirement."

“She spent her time socialising with her cousin and aunt visiting places around the Vale and loved going off on trips especially to Devon”.

South Wales Police say they're especially keen to hear from anyone who saw a grey Audi car in the area at the time of the collision.

An investigation into the crash, which occurred at around 1.40pm last Saturday, is continuing.

Sergeant Gareth Jones-Roberts, a senior investigating officer with South Wales Police, said: "We are appealing to anybody who was driving in the area between 1.30pm and 1.50pm on Saturday afternoon and who may have any information that can assist this investigation to get in touch with us."

Anyone with information should contact South Wales Police on 101 or use the live web chat, quoting reference no. 2400365249.

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