Published: 16:46 on June 28, 2022
Updated: 5:46 PM on June 28, 2022
A 50-year-old cyclist who died after an A11 crash has been identified on the spot.
Emergency services were called to Roudham at 9.40am on Sunday, June 26, after a collision involving a blue Citroen Dispatch van and a bicycle.
The woman who was pronounced dead at the scene is named Cheryl Ty, a former manager of Hadley City Council near Ipswich in Suffolk.
It turned out that she participated in a time running competition organized by a local cycling club.
Part of the road was closed for several hours after the accident, and an air ambulance arrived at the scene.
Police set a diversion route and the road was reopened shortly before 1:50 p.m.
As a token of respect, former Hadley City Council Mayor Frank Mins said Cheryl had achieved some “really good” things as a council manager.
Mr Mins added: “She was on the council for about 15 months and was a very dynamic and determined person and unmistakably from Yorkshire.
“She did some really good things and her biggest public triumph was last year’s Christmas in Hadley, which was really due in large part to her organization and was a huge public success.
Frank Mins, the former mayor of Hadley, paid tribute to his girlfriend Cheryl Ty – Credit: Charlotte Bond
“She had a close relationship with this council and he owes her a great deal of debt for what she did while working for Hadley’s municipal council.
“We are all deeply saddened and shocked to hear what happened to her.
“There are things she did that will be remembered and she was a real tower of strength to help me with things we could and could not do during the pandemic.
“She was a good and honest person and I had a very close working relationship with her and whatever I achieved, I would not have been able to do without her support.
“We must all think of her with love and gratitude.
Drivers who were in the area at the time of the crash were asked to review any footage they may have.
All witnesses to the collision or the way the van was driven immediately must contact the Norfolk Serious Collision Investigation Unit by email at SCIU@norfolk.police.uk or by calling 101 and quoting incident number 119 from 26.06. 2022
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