Dad, 68, killed in M25 crash ‘while driving his mum’s ashes home from airport’ as family pay heartbreaking tribute
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A DAD was killed in a horror motorway crash while reportedly driving his mum's ashes home from the airport. Ralph Ellis, 68, died just days before Christmas last year - having returned to the UK from South Africa to see his dying mother. He was travelling home to Aylsham, Norfolk, from Gatwick Airport along the M25 on December 16 last year when tragedy struck.
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It's understood Ralph had his mum's ashes in the car at the time of the crash. He leaves behind three children - Tess, Alex and Blake. Youngest son Blake Ellis said his dad will be "truly missed". He told the Norwich Evening News: "It's been traumatic losing him and it hasn't really set in yet, to be honest.
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"It doesn't feel real and we're all still trying to come to terms with losing him. "He would constantly message us to see how we were getting on and wanted to know what we were up to at the weekends.". Blake added that Ralph was "everything you'd expect from a dad", describing him as having "green fingers", as well as being a music lover.
