'That is my wife': Family's heartbreak as husband found beloved wife dead moments after she was killed on M60

A family left heartbroken after the death of their beloved mum have told a court of the devastating impact of their loss. Shirley-Ann Dumbuya, 38, was killed after her car broke down on the M60 and a lorry smashed into the back of her.

She had telephoned her husband, Peniel Dumbuya, to let him know the car had stopped in between lane one and the junction 20 slip road on the anticlockwise carriageway, and he advised her to put her hazard lights on and get out of the car if she could. Immediately afterwards he phoned insurance company Green Flag who advised that they couldn’t assist unless she could go to the hard shoulder.

Minutes later, John Bowers, 35, driving a skip lorry, collided with Mrs Dumbuya’s Kia Ceed. Emergency services attended and she was cut from the vehicle, but despite the best efforts of medical staff, she was pronounced dead at the scene.

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At a sentencing hearing at Manchester Crown Court, Bowers, of Sefton Road, Preston, was handed a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to causing death by careless driving.

During the hearing, Mrs Dumbuya’s daughter, 19-year-old Alice, bravely took to the witness box to read her victim personal statement on behalf of her family.

She said on the morning of January 21 2021 their lives were ‘shattered forever’ when her mum was killed in a crash that was ‘unnecessary’.

“My father received a telephone call from my mother, who is in complete panic after she had broken down in lane one of the M60,” she said. “They had swapped cars because the windscreen wipers were not working on her car and took his car. My dad usually uses the Kia and my mum used a Nissan Qashqai.

“After my father