Fiance's tribute to tragic driving instructor Kelly Partridge

The fiance of a driving instructor killed along with three others in a horror crash today paid tribute to her.

Mother-of-four Kelly Partridge, aged 34, was behind the wheel of Ford Fiesta that burst into flames after a head-on collision with a Citroen Saxo in West Bromwich.

Speaking for the first time about how the crash had affected his family, Kelly's boyfriend Chris Williams, of Hall Green Road in West Bromwich, said: "Putting my feelings for Kel into words is the most difficult thing I have ever done.

"To say that Kelly was the most loving, kind hearted and unselfish person I have ever met would just be scratching the surface.

"She was my inspiration, my reason, my life, and my world revolved around her. She loved her family and children very much, and I will ensure that this love continues to grow and be nurtured."

The crash, in Greets Green Road, at 12.50am on Sunday, killed Kelly along with her friend Tracy Chambers. The two were among six friends who had been out in Birmingham to celebrate Tracy passing her driving test.

Two people in the Saxo, Joanne Ralley and Ashley Simpson, also died and four others needed hospital treatment.

Kelly had been in a relationship with Mr Williams for more than seven years and the pair had intended to wed within the next two years.

She had two children with Mr Williams - Luke, aged four, and CJ, one, plus two of her own, Liam, 13 and Paige, nine.

Mr Williams, who was made redundant from his job as a health and safety manager in February, said his fiance would always be in his heart and added: "People close to us will know the sacrifices that she made for others, the time, the effort, the care that she gave for others' happiness.

"Kel was the best of us, the best of me, helping us through our darkest times. She deserved a life so much better than I could have ever given her.

"I pray that she knew just how very much she was loved, as a lady who would have become my wife, and by family and friends whom were blessed just by her being part of their lives.

"I cannot put into words just how devastated and lost I feel."