I WAS shocked to read a story earlier this week from my former colleagues at the Daily Post in North Wales about John Phillips, who was tragically killed at a rally last weekend after being hit by a competing car.
Judy, John's wife, worked with me from the same office in Llandudno Junction when we were both reporters for The North Wales Weekly News, and I can't even begin to imagine how she and the rest of her family must be feeling at the moment.
I know from her that John was a passionate motorsport man and committed petrolhead - one of his most prized possessions was an Escort Cosworth - and the number of tributes left directly underneath the Daily Post's story show just how much he will be missed by the rallying fraternity.
I've also been told that a full tribute to John is going to be published in this week's North Wales Weekly News, due out on Thursday (August 6, 2009), which serves John's home town of Llandudno.
My deepest condolences go out to Judy and her family, and while it goes without saying that motorsport is always going to be a dangerous sport, he died doing something he loved.
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