Murder manhunt for Land Rover driver who rammed young mother off e-bike

Police person named a young parent killed successful a hit-and-run erstwhile a 4x4 operator rammed her disconnected the backmost of an e-bike.

A execution probe has been launched pursuing Alana Armstrong’s decease successful the colony of Pleasley, connected the borderline of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire connected Tuesday evening.

Ms Armstrong, 25, from Tibshelf, Derbyshire, was riding pillion connected 1 of 2 e-bikes that were being followed by a acheronian coloured 4x4, believed to beryllium a Land Rover Discovery.

The 4x4 collided with 1 of the e-bikes causing the operator and Ms Armstrong to autumn off. The conveyance past drove disconnected from the country without stopping.

Ms Armstrong was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

The rider of the bike, a antheral successful his 20s, was taken to infirmary and has since had to person a limb amputated beneath the knee.

Police privation to talk to anyone who saw a dark-coloured Land Rover Discovery, believed to beryllium manufactured betwixt 2004 and 2009, successful and astir the Pleasley country anterior to 8pm connected Tuesday (November 26).

The conveyance was past seen connected Rowthorne Lane wherever it turned close onto the A617 towards New Houghton.

Two people, a antheral and a pistillate some successful their 30s from the Skegby country of Nottinghamshire, who were arrested successful transportation with the incidental person been released without complaint and person been ruled retired of our investigation.

Chief Superintendent Dave Kirby, said: “Alana was conscionable 25 – and a mum to a six-year-old boy.

“Her small boy, on with her wider family, volition ne'er get the accidental to spot her again, hug her again, walk Christmas together, oregon observe each those milestones.

“My thoughts, arsenic good arsenic those of the full unit and community, are with them astatine this time.

“The Land Rover Discovery that rammed the e-bike had pursued 2 bikes done the colony – and drove disconnected up Batley Lane – onto Rowthorne Lane – and the past known sighting of it was astatine this junction, turning close onto the A617 towards New Houghton.

“Since Tuesday a squad of detectives person been moving non-stop, searching the tract wherever Alana was killed, conducting house-to-house enquiries, and scouring CCTV successful the area.

“Two radical who were arrested successful transportation with the incidental person present been released without complaint – and person been discounted from our investigation.

“We person already received a important magnitude of accusation from the nationalist and I privation to convey everyone who has travel guardant already to assistance our investigation.

“However, I cognize that determination is much accusation retired – and determination are radical who cognize who the idiosyncratic liable is.

“Specifically, we cognize that determination were 2 radical successful the Land Rover Discovery, that was manufactured betwixt 2004 and 2009, that nighttime – a antheral driving the conveyance and pistillate successful the rider seat.

“We urgently privation to perceive from anyone who whitethorn cognize those 2 people, who has seen a Land Rover Discovery that whitethorn person harm to its beforehand extremity – oregon who knows of a conveyance matching that statement that whitethorn person been precocious repaired oregon had parts replaced.

“We besides truly privation to talk to anyone who whitethorn person CCTV – successful peculiar on the A617 from this junction heading towards New Houghton.

“Finally – I privation to instrumentality to Alana.

“As an officer, arsenic a subordinate of the section community, and arsenic a father, I americium devastated for her small boy, her family, and her friends and we volition bash each we tin to find those responsible.”

Anyone with accusation tin Derbyshire Constabulary citing the notation 24*705090. You tin besides anonymously interaction the autarkic foundation CrimeStoppers, connected 0800 555 111, oregon by visiting the CrimeStoppers website.