Huge sum raised for the family of 'one of the best'

MORE than £150,000 has been raised for the family of "one of the best" who tragically died in a rally car during an event in Scotland.

- ROB HARRIES Reporter

Dai Roberts, from Carmarthenshire, was killed on Saturday, May 24, having been involved in a crash while taking part in the Jim Clark Rally in the Scottish Borders.

Emergency services were called to the crash site that morning, but Mr Roberts, who was 39, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was co-driver in the rally car, while the driver, James Williams, was taken to hospital with serious but not life threatening injuries.

To make matters even more tragic for the Roberts family, Dai's brother Gareth also died while rallying in Sicily 13 years ago.

In the wake of Mr Roberts' death last month, a fundraising page was set up in order to raise “as much as possible for the funeral and on-going support for Dai’s wife and children”