Family pay tribute to man killed in road incident

The mother of a man who died following a fatal road collision in Witham last weekend has paid tribute to her son.

Martyn Grimwood, 33, of Epping Way, Witham, died at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford following a collision in Braintree Road, Witham on Sunday, April 4.

Mr Grimwood, who was raised in Kelvedon, had been a passenger in a taxi car and was found in the road with serious head injuries.

Martyn lived with his father and younger brother Matthew and attended St Mary's School in Kelvedon and Honywoods in Coggeshall before going onto higher education.

He was a civil engineer and had worked for over four years at Maunsell based in Witham. As a qualified civil engineer, he was involved in Capital Highways which was based, until recently, in Coggeshall.

Recently Martyn had gone on a charity trip to Croatia for three weeks, using his skills as a civil engineer to help build an orphanage. The conditions out there touched Martyn and he was moved to tears as a result of what he saw. He also cycled the length of Hadrian's Wall to raise funds to build a hospital wing for leukaemia suffers.

In his spare time Martyn played football for the Braintree old boys and loved snowboarding.

His mother Jean Upson said: "Martyn's proudest achievement was his civil engineering degree. He had worked hard to finance his education and worked his way through his degree.

"He was very self motivated and wanted to be the best he possibly could at everything he did."

"Martyn loved his nieces and nephew who in turn idolised him. Martyn would do anything for you and was good in a crisis and would go out of his way to help people. He was very loyal to both his friends and family.

"We are very proud of Martyn and love and miss him very much."

The investigation in to the collision continues and witnesses are asked to contact officers at Dunmow road policing unit on 0300 333 4444.

 

 

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