THE partner of a man killed in a road traffic collision in Kidderminster has today paid tribute to him as a loving father.

Scott Irwin, 23, of Staite Drive, Cookley, a front seat passenger in a white Rover 216, sustained fatal injuries in the collision, which happened at about 12.15am on Monday, at the junction of the A451 Minster Road and Oldington Lane, Kidderminster. The other vehicle involved was a white Ford Transit van.

Scott and his partner, Jodie Carroll, 22, were teenage sweethearts. They went to school together and their families lived near each other in Upton Road, Kidderminster.

Scott and Jodie also worked as machine operator tufters at the same firm, Tiger Turf, at Hartlebury, which makes synthetic turf.

They had been together for eight years and had a two-year-old son, Connor. They had lived in Cookley for almost two years.

Jodie said: "Scott was very popular. He had a lot of friends and came from a big family who all loved him. He had two brothers and two sisters. He also had three nieces and two nephews and there are three babies on the way in the family.

"Scott was really fun. He loved me and Connor more than anything. Connor was a real daddy's boy and we are both missing him so much."

Scott, a former pupil of St Oswald's First School, Sion Hill Middle School and Wolverley High School, had been for a drive around with friends when the collision happened.

The details of his funeral are not yet known.

Three people remain in hospital following the collision, recovering from serious injuries.

A 17-year-old girl and a 17-year-old youth, both from Kidderminster and both rear passengers in the Rover have now been transferred from the critical care unit on to a ward at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital at Worcester.

An 18-year-old Kidderminster man, the driver of the Rover, remains in a stable condition in intensive care in the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch.

Witnesses or anyone with information are asked to contact PC Andy Saunders in the North Worcestershire road policing unit, on 08457 444888, extension 3143.

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