'Truly inspirational' £24,000 raised in tribute to pals killed on ride to salute D-Day heroes

A LOCAL scooter club has raised over £24,000 for charity in memory of three of its beloved members, who died in a crash earlier this year.

- Angus MCINTYRE

Tim Davies, Marie Carol Jones and Rob Best, who were part of the Yate & Sodbury Scooter Club, were killed in a collision involving a red Toyota Prius and their three Vespas on the A36 in Wiltshire on May 31.

Rob, a 62-year-old from Bradley Stoke, died at the scene. Despite the best efforts of air ambulance crews, Tim, from Sharpness, Gloucestershire, and Marie, from Yate, eventually died in hospital from their injuries. Both were also in their 60s.

The trio's clubmates have banded together to raise nearly £25,000 for three air ambulance services who helped on the day of the fatal crash: Wiltshire Air Ambulance, Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance and Great Western Air Ambulance.