Woman killed on Penistone Road named

A 31-year-old woman, who died following a collision in Sheffield earlier this month, has been formally named as Samantha Duxbury.

Her family have also released this picture of her and have asked that their privacy continue to be respected at this difficult time.

At around 8.30pm last Friday January 11, a black Subara WRX STi was travelling along Langsett Road, towards Hillsborough when it was involved in a collision with Miss Duxbury, at the junction of Normandale Road and Infirmary Road.

Miss Duxbury was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

Prior to the collision, Miss Duxbury was with a 51-year-old man on Langsett Road. Enquiries into her death are continuing and officers remain keen to hear from anyone who saw the collision, or who saw Miss Duxbury and the man before.

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 quoting incident number 817 of 11 January 2019.

The 51-year-old man arrested in connection with Miss Duxbury’s death remains released under investigation.