TRIBUTES have been paid to a wife and mother killed in a two-car crash on the A21 at Pembury, near Tunbridge Wells.

The victim has been named by Kent Police as 59-year-old Jeanette Baylis, from Paddock Wood, near Tunbridge Wells.

In a statement issued on their behalf by police, members of her family said that when the tragedy happened Mrs Baylis had been driving her VW Polo on her way to work last Thursday as a human resources administrator at a major store in the centre of Tunbridge Wells.

The statement continued: "She was known as a bright, friendly and energetic person who was devoted to her family of husband, Bill and daughters Carolyn and Suzie.

"Jeanette also tended to her 93-year-old mother who lives nearby in Paddock Wood. Her favourite leisure pastime was maintaining her well kept garden at home, and sharing an enjoyment of music and concerts with her daughters, stemming from her young outlook on life."

Mrs Baylis grew up in Woodford Green, Essex, and went to work in the city of London where she met her husband.

The couple moved to Paddock Wood following their wedding in 1969. Their daughters were born at Pembury Hospital and still live in the area. Mrs Baylis also leaves a sister Maureen and brother Stuart.

A post mortem has taken place and a coroner’s inquest has been opened and adjourned.

Police are still appealing for witnesses to the crash which also involved a blue Vauxhall Astra. The driver that car was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The tragedy happened on the southbound carriageway of the A21 at the junction with Hastings Road, about half a mile before the Kippings Cross-Blue Boys roundabout.

Kent Police'S Serious Collision Investigation Unit is appealing for witnesses to the collision or anyone who saw the vehicles before the incident. Anyone with information is asked to telephone 01622 798538.