Young mum who died after being knocked off e-bike named
Police investigating fatal hit and run in Pleasley in Derbyshire
Last updated 29th Nov 2024
A woman who died after being knocked off an e-bike in a hit-and-run incident has been named as mother-of-one Alana Armstrong.
Derbyshire Constabulary said Ms Armstrong, 25, from Tibshelf, died at the scene of the collision in Batley Lane, Pleasley, Derbyshire, at around 8pm on Tuesday.
Police said the collision involved an e-bike and a dark coloured 4x4, believed to be a Land Rover Discovery, which followed two e-bikes before ramming one of them - causing the rider and pillion passenger to fall off the bike.
The car then drove off without stopping.
Chief Superintendent Dave Kirby said: "Alana was just 25 - and a mum to a six-year-old boy.
"Her little boy, along with her wider family, will never get the chance to see her again, hug her again, spend Christmas together, or celebrate all those milestones.
"My thoughts, as well as those of the whole force and community, are with them at this time."
The 20-year-old rider of the bike, a man in his 20s, was taken to hospital and has since had to have his leg amputated below the knee.
Two people who were arrested in connection with the incident have now been released without charge and discounted from the investigation.
The vehicle was last seen on Rowthorne Lane where it turned right onto the A617 towards New Houghton.
Police have asked anyone who saw a dark coloured Land Rover Discovery, believed to be manufactured between 2004 and 2009 in and around the Pleasley area prior to 8pm to get in touch.