Chris Marriott: Family of Good Samaritan killed in car crash say his death shows ‘the sort of man he was’
The family of a Good Samaritan who died after being hit by a car while trying to help a stranger have said his death shows “the sort of man he was – to go to help rather than to turn away”.
Chris Marriott, 46, had been out for a walk with his wife and two young sons when he stopped to help a woman lying unconscious in the street in the Burngreave area of Sheffield on Wednesday afternoon.
In a tribute released through South Yorkshire Police, his family described him as a “wonderful husband, dad, brother, uncle – and friend to many”.
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