Murder arrest after mum dies in e-bike hit-and-run

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a mother who was rammed off an e-bike in a hit-and-run crash.

Alana Armstrong, 25, died at the scene when a 4x4 pursued and then struck the bike on which she was a passenger in Pleasley on the evening of 26 November.

The rider - a man in his 20s - was taken to hospital where one of his legs had to be amputated below the knee after their bike was struck by the dark-coloured vehicle on a country lane.

Derbyshire Police said a 23-year-old man was arrested in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in the early hours of Tuesday.

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