Alana Armstrong, mum of six-year-old child, tragically dies after suspected e-bike hit and run on North Derbyshire road
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00:00A young mum has tragically died after a suspected hit-and-run involving a car and an e-bike on a North Derbyshire road.
00:09Alana Armstrong, mum to a six-year-old boy, had been riding pillion on the bike and died at the scene of the collision at around 8pm on Tuesday November 26th, say police.
00:22Officers say the collision involved an e-bike and a dark-coloured 4x4 believed to be a Land Rover Discovery which had followed two e-bikes before ramming one, causing the rider and pillion passengers to fall off.
00:35The car then drove off from the scene without stopping.
00:39Alana, 25 and from Tibshelf in North Derbyshire, was riding pillion on the bike and was pronounced dead at the scene.
00:48Her family are being supported by specialist officers.
00:53The incident happened at Batley Lane, Pleasley in North Derbyshire.
00:58The 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.
01:06Derbyshire Police say they want to hear from anyone who saw a dark-coloured Land Rover Discovery believed to be manufactured between 2004 and 2009 in and around the Pleasley area before 8pm.
01:21The vehicle was last seen on Rowthorne Lane where it turned right onto the A617 towards Newhoughton.
01:28Two people, a man and a woman, both in their 30s from the Skegby area of Nottinghamshire, were arrested in connection with the incident but have now been released without charge and have been ruled out of the investigation.