Schools pay tribute to Rebecca Steer as a bright and popular student
Headteachers from her old schools have paid tribute to Rebecca Steer, a 22-year-old woman who died when she was hit by a car in Oswestry.
Schools where Rebecca, who was known as Becky, studied, say she had been a popular pupil.
She died after she was hit by a car outside the Grill Out Takeaway in Oswestry's Willow Street in the early hours of Sunday morning.
A man also suffered serious injuries and was treated in hospital.
Living in Llanymynech, Rebecca was a pupil at the village school, Ysgol Carreghofa.
Headteacher Claire Pritchard said: “Rebecca was a popular girl at Ysgol Carreghofa. She moved on to Ysgol Llanfyllin in 2011 with her many friends.
"All our thoughts are with her family and friends at this sad time, she will be greatly missed.”
After her secondary school studies in Llanfyllin, she decided to stay there for her sixth form.
Dewi Owen, headteacher of Ysgol Llanfyllin, said: "We remember Becky as a very popular and bright young student here at Ysgol Llanfyllin, the whole school community is deeply saddened and shocked by the news of her tragic death.
"Becky loved Drama and Photography whilst she was in our 6th form and excelled in both subjects. Our thoughts and condolences are very much with her family and friends at this very sad time.”
The effect that Becky's death has had on the local community has been reflected in the thousands of pounds raised on a crowdfunding Just Giving site.
More than £7,000 has already been raised with local and university friends, colleagues she worked with and members of the community making donations.
Set up by the Llanymynech Helping Hands CIC group, the site is raising money "to assist the Steer family at a time of great sadness". People can make donations online at justgiving.com/crowdfunding/beckysteer.
On Wednesday a 27-year-old man appeared on video link before magistrates charged with the young woman's murder.
Stephen McHugh, of Artillery Road, Park Hall, Oswestry, faces charges of murdering Rebecca Steer between 2.50am and 3am in Oswestry on October 9, and also of unlawfully and maliciously causing grievous bodily harm to Kyle Roberts.
Kidderminster Magistrates court heard he also faces charges of failing to stop after a road traffic accident, and using a motor vehicle on a public road without third-party insurance.
He is due to appear at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Friday.
West Mercia Police say a 28-year-old man from Oswestry also arrested on suspicion of murder has been bailed along with two men, aged 31 and 46, who were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
