Brit mum dies in Ibiza car crash as daughter, 6, left critically injured
The British woman who died in a crash in Ibiza, which also left her six-year-old daughter seriously injured, has been named and pictured as tributes pour in.
Sommer Amari, 42, died at the scene of the head-on collision and her daughter Betty was admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital on the island before being airlifted to a hospital in Majorca because of the severity of her injuries.
Betty was said to be in a serious but stable condition in hospital with her dad at her side.
Nick Purt, who owns a carpentry firm in Ibiza, announced his engagement to Kingston University-educated Sommer on Christmas Day last year on social media, writing: “So happy to be engaged to my love Sommer Amari. I can’t believe she said yes.”
A friend who organised an online fundraiser for the dead woman’s daughter and partner, which had already raised more than £43.7k of its £500 goal early this morning, said: “It’s with a very heavy heart that we bring the news to you that our dear friend Sommer died in a collision on Wednesday evening on the road from Santa Gertrudis to Ibiza.
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Partner Nick Purt with the deceased mum (SOLARPIX.COM)“It was an accident where someone went head-on into her and she died at the scene after they tried to save her.
“Betty, her daughter, is in Palma in Son Espases hospital after being airlifted with her dad Nick.
“Nick wasn’t with them at the time. She has had an operation on her skull and is in recovery right now. She has some internal damage and a fractured leg but we are praying she will be ok.
“Please keep her in your thoughts and pray for her. Send Nick loads of love and all the family and friends that are devastated by this news. We are all heartbroken.
“This fundraiser is to help Nick and Betty in this incredibly tough time. The money can be used for travel to and from Palma if needed and to alleviate the stress and burden of finances over the next few months.
“Any donation greatly received.
“Sending all our love and strength to Nick. We want him to know the Ibiza community is behind him and is with him.”
Another friend Colleen Wilson wrote in an emotional Facebook post flagging up the GoFundMe fundraising appeal: “Our hearts will forever be broken.
“Sending love and strength to Betty and Nick. Tonight a daughter goes to sleep without her mother.”
Nick owns a carpentry firm in Ibiza (SOLARPIX.COM)Pernilla Parfit added: “Beyond heartbreaking. I feel Sommer’s loss deeply. She was such a ray of sunshine and her sunny personality and energy was infectious."
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The British ex-pat, who describes herself as a private tutor on Linkedin and spent 10 years working as a primary school teacher at fee-paying Morna International College in Santa Gertrudis in Ibiza, was pronounced dead at the scene after firefighters cut her body out of the mangled wreckage of her car.
Local reports say Sommer died after a Norwegian woman aged 40 at the wheel of a rented Toyota lost control of her vehicle and collided into a roadside crash barrier before invading the oncoming carriageway and hitting the tragic mum's Ford Focus head-on.
She was airlifted to the hospital in Palma about four hours after her admission to the first hospital.
Police investigators confirmed this morning they were awaiting the results of alcohol and drug tests on the unnamed Norwegian woman, who was also injured and is being treated at Can Misses Hospital.
She died at the scene of the head-on collision (SOLARPIX.COM)Another friend, who works as a holistic health practitioner in Ibiza, said: “Lost for words and shocked. Can’t believe you’re gone.
“So much life in you and had so much more to offer this world with your unbeatable personality, fun, huge heart and laughter that touched everyone.”
Lucie Hutton added: “No words can describe what a shock the world had this morning when you were not in it.
“Heaven has truly gained a party angel. Whenever I saw you were out I knew I would not be going home at any point.
“We have some funny stories that we can all tell so your spirit will always live on. Keep on partying up there our darling Sommer.”
A Civil Guard source said: “She [the Norweigan] wasn’t breath-tested at the scene but drug and alcohol tests were done at the hospital.
“We are still awaiting the results. It would appear she caused the crash by losing control of her vehicle and smashing head-on into the Ford Focus coming the other way driven by the British woman.
“Excess speed could be a factor but the accident is still under investigation.
"A third car was involved, driven by a Spanish woman who crashed after swerving to avoid the other two cars. She was unharmed."
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