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File image of an ambulance(Image: PA)<\/p>\nHe was described as kind and loyalFile image of an ambulance(Image: PA)<\/p>\n
The family of a “kind and loyal” man have paid tribute to him after he died in a crash last week.<\/p>\n
Paul Clark, known as Clarky, died after a three-vehicle crash on the A46 in Old Sodbury.<\/p>\n
The family of the 64-year-old from Mangotsfield said he had a passion for cars and motorbikes and was a “truly social man”.<\/p>\n
Paying tribute to Paul, his family described him as a \u2018brilliant handy man\u2019 who will be sorely missed.<\/p>\n
They said: \u201cClarky was a brilliant, kind, loyal man. He was a husband to Susan, a father to Natalie and Mitch, a father-in-law to Ash and Sophie, a grandad \u2013 or \u2018grandad bald-y pants\u2019 to Leo, Jaxson, Elsie, Bella and Edie, a son to Joan and Robin and big brother to Sarah and Helen. He was a friend to many.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had a passion for cars and motorbikes and was a member of many different clubs, including the Jaguar Club and Ford Consul Club. He was a truly social man.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe loved riding his motorbike, touring around Europe and local places.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a brilliant handyman and would do his best to help anyone who asked, from building structures to fixing anything.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe also loved a challenge, such as running many marathons including the London Marathon, attempting the Three Peaks Challenge and many more.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe will truly be missed by everyone who knew him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Emergency services were called to the scene of the crash on the A46 last week, Wednesday, May 7.<\/p>\n
Immediate medical attention was given to Paul, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
Avon and Somerset Police are still appealing for anyone who witnessed the crash to get in contact.<\/p>\n
Anyone who may be able is asked to call 101 quoting the reference number 5225127458.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He was described as kind and loyalFile image of an ambulance(Image: PA) The family of a “kind and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[9312,381,748,393,548,4884,17450,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-96243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-avon-and-somerset-constabulary","9":"tag-bristol","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-ford","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-london-marathon","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114496804182899611","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}