Tributes paid to A19 crash victim (From York Press)

Tributes paid to A19 crash victim Martyn Tattersall

10:12am Friday 22nd April 2011 in News By Gavin Aitchison, gavin.aitchison@thepress.co.uk

THE family of a man killed in a head-on crash in North Yorkshire say he will never be forgotten.

Martyn Tattersall, 50, from Clifton in York, died when his blue Seat Leon collided with a National Express coach on the A19 Easingwold bypass on Monday night.

In a statement yesterday, his family said: “Martyn was a loving husband of Lynne, father of Adam, Sarah and Alex, son and brother.

“We’ll cherish the memories and he’ll never be forgotten.”

The family said Mr Tattersall had lived by the motto: “When shall we live, if not now?”

Mr Tattersall, who ran a bed and breakfast in Clifton with his wife Lynne, died at the scene of the accident, which happened shortly after 5.30pm on Monday.

The coach was carrying 40 elderly passengers. No one on board was seriously injured, but there were several walking wounded who were treated for minor injuries at the scene or in York Hospital.

The road was closed for more than seven hours as police investigated and they are still appealing for witnesses.

Anyone with information is asked to phone PC Neil Cholmondeley on 0845 6060247.

An inquest was opened and adjourned in Northallerton yesterday.