Tributes paid to 'doting mother and grandmother’ killed in a crash in Bolton
Karen Kimblin was involved in a serious collision on St Helens Road
The family of a woman killed in a crash in Bolton has paid tribute to her.
Karen Kimblin sadly passed away as a result of her injuries on St Helens Road on Saturday 22 June.
Karen, who was in her 60s, was driving her Nissan when a Mercedes car "travelling on the opposing carriageway" crashed with her at around 7pm on Saturday evening.
A man in his 30s was arrested.
Karen's family say she dedicated her life as a nurse to caring for others:
“The family are heartbroken to lose Karen Kimblin, loving wife to Ken Kimblin, doting mother to Char, Steph, Nat and Helen, and Grandmother to seven grandchildren.
“Karen worked all of her life as a nurse caring for others which came so easily to her with her caring and loving nature. Our family loves her beyond words and received the same love and devotion in return from her.
"Our world is crushed to losing her. Her memory will live on with us forevermore.
“We as a family are grieving in private and we ask any person(s) who witnessed the collision or has information to come forward to the police and assist the investigation.
"We are also aware that there are some videos of the aftermath of the collision circulating on various social media platforms. We ask people to think about the distress such videos cause to the family and request that they remove these videos immediately.”
Police are still appealing for witnesses and anyone with any information, CCTV, or dashcam footage is asked to call 0161 856 4741 quoting log number 2759 of 22/06/24.