A GRIEVING Ilminster woman has paid tribute to her husband who was tragically killed in a road accident last week.

Sue Neave was due to celebrate her 57th birthday last Tuesday with husband Tom and daughter Rose at an Italian restaurant in Manchester. But Tom, 54, was skilled on the way after the family car was involved in a collision with a van in the city centre.

Tom was in the front passenger seat and took the full impact of the crash.