Motorcyclist killed in Fordbridge collision was "weeks from her 21st birthday"

TRAGEDY: Lauren Roberts

TRIBUTES have been paid to a young woman who died in a motorbike crash in Fordbridge last week.
Lauren Roberts was killed in the collision at the junction of Forth Drive and Chester Road.
The 20-year-old, from Water Orton, went into cardiac arrest and, despite the valiant efforts of paramedics, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A family statement issued this week said: “On Thursday evening our beautiful Lauren was tragically taken from us just a few weeks before her 21st birthday.
“Lauren was a loving daughter, granddaughter and sister and the whole family are totally devastated by her untimely death. The gap that has been left in our loves can never be filled.”
The motorbike collided with a blue Honda CBR at just before 8.45pm.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said that the car driver, a man in his 30s, was treated for facial injuries and taken to Heartlands Hospital for further assessment.
Emergency services closed the road for several hours after the crash to conduct inquiries and are urging anyone who saw what happened to come forward.
Eyewitnesses should call the collision investigation unit on 101.