Heartbroken family pay tribute to ‘loving’ father killed in HGV crash

The man who was killed in a crash with a HGV in Wakefield has been named as Luke Croft. Luke Croft, 33, was driving a blue Peugeot Bipper van along Hemsworth Road towards South Kirkby last Saturday at 10pm when he was involved in a crash with a HGV. This HGV was travelling in the opposite direction.

Luke, who was from Hemsworth, was pronounced dead at the scene. Now, his family have paid tribute to him. Get all the latest and breaking news in Yorkshire by signing up to our newsletter here.[1]

They said: "Luke was a loving father, son, brother and uncle. We as a family are heartbroken by his loss. We thank Luke's close friends for their kind wishes, and we ask that our privacy is respected in our time of grief."

The Major Collision Enquiry Team are now appealing for any witnesses to come forward.

You can do so by calling them on 101, or by going online here[2], quoting incident number 13250032178.

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2. ^ going online here (www.westyorkshire.police.uk)