A SUPPORT group for family and friends of people killed or injured in road accidents is to be set up in Pendle by a couple who lost their young daughter in an accident.

Keith and Sue Sainsbury were at a service of remembrance for road victims yesterday at St Philip's Church, Nelson.

Their four-year-old daughter Jo-Anne died after being knocked down in Scotland Road, Nelson, in April 1998.

The couple joined Roadpeace, a national organisation for those affected by road accidents, and now they plan to set up a local support group.

"We're hoping to get it started at the beginning of next year," said Sue. "It will be an informal place for people to come along and just talk. Nobody is providing that kind of support at the moment. The more we've talked to people the more we've become aware there's a need for something like this."

A tribute to Jo-Anne is included among heart-rending tributes to youngsters killed on roads across Britain in a leaflet produced by Roadpeace.

The service was attended by people affected by tragic circumstances on the roads, the Mayor of Pendle Councillor Edwina Sargeant, and Mayoress Councillor Dorothy Lord, Pendle and Burnley MPs Gordon Prentice and Peter Pike, and representatives from the police.

It was led by the Vicar, the Reverend Stewart Hartley. In his welcoming address he said: "We have come together with a common purpose, to remember those who have been killed on our roads and those who have been injured in body and mind."

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