Mum dead and daughter in hospital after valleys crash

A MUM-of-four has died after being involved in a serious collision on a major valleys road, police have confirmed.

- ELLIE GOSLEY

A total of five people were taken to hospital following a crash between a car and a van on the A4119 bypass at Williamstown, near Tonypandy in the Rhondda on Monday, December 29.

The driver of the car, Donna Ball, 48, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries but died in hospital the next day. Her young daughter is also in hospital.

Donna’s husband said the family were “devastated by the sudden, tragic, and needless death of our beloved Donna”.

The driver of the van, a 19-year-old from Newport, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, as well as two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He was bailed for further enquiries until March 30.

Paying tribute to Donna, her husband said: “We, as a family, are devastated by the sudden, tragic, and needless death of our beloved Donna.