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Murder charge after mum killed in e-bike crash

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Alana Armstrong lived in Tibshelf, Derbyshire, and was a mother to a six-year-old boy

A man has been charged with murder after the death of a young mother in a crash in Derbyshire.

Alana Armstrong, 25, was a passenger on an e-bike when it was involved in a crash with a 4x4 in Pleasley on the evening of 26 November.

Keaton Muldoon has been charged with the murder of Ms Armstrong and the attempted murder of the rider of the e-bike.

Derbyshire Police said the 23-year-old, of Tuckers Lane in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, has been remanded in police custody and is due to appear at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on Friday.

PA Media A photo of Batley Lane, in Pleasley. A thin single-track road can be seen on the right. On the left are two triangle road signs of a person riding a horse, and another of a bicyclePA Media
The rider of the e-bike had one of his legs amputated after the crash in Batley Lane, said police

Ms Armstrong died at the scene in Batley Lane.

The rider - a man in his 20s - was taken to hospital where one of his legs had to be amputated below the knee after their bike was struck by a dark-coloured vehicle on a country lane, said police.

The force said the rider remained in hospital following his surgery.

Officers previously said Ms Armstrong was riding on the back of one of two bikes.

A £20,000 reward had been offered by Crimestoppers for key information about Ms Armstrong's death.

A woman in her 30s, from the Pleasley area, was arrested and subsequently bailed, while a man and woman previously arrested in connection with the incident were later released without charge.

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