Motorbike couple posted happy selfie just 20 minutes before fatal crash in ...

This is the heartbreaking final selfie of a couple killed in an horrific motorbike crash, as they travelled to meet the boyfriend's parents for the first time. 

Lee-Anne Parkin, 40, and Steve Carroll, 43, were travelling along a road near Sledmere, east Yorkshire on March 31 when they were involved in a crash with a car. 

Just 20 minutes before, the couple had posed for a selfie outside a cafe smiling into the camera as Ms Parkin held on to her motorcyclist boyfriend.   

Mr Carroll died at the scene of the crash, which involved a white Honda CBR motorbike and a blue Ford Fiesta. But Ms Parkin clung on to life.  

Great North Air Ambulance crews attempted to save her by swiftly taking her to the major trauma unit at Teesside Hospital, but she sadly died eight days later. 

Just 20 minutes before their fatal crash, Lee-Anne Parkin, 40, and Steve Carroll, 43, had posed for a selfie (pictured) outside a Yorkshire cafe

Just 20 minutes before their fatal crash, Lee-Anne Parkin, 40, and Steve Carroll, 43, had posed for a selfie (pictured) outside a Yorkshire cafe

Her family have now released their final selfie, as they set up a petition to get the government to publicly fund air ambulance services.

Sharing the petition on Facebook, Ms Parkin's sister, Bethany Billington, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, said: 'Just 10 weeks ago my life changed in the most horrendous way.

'I lost my amazing and beautiful sister in a horrific motorcycle accident. I don't want money, I don't want sympathy, just that simple click of a button to make a change that would make a huge difference to this country.'

She added: 'My brave sister fought hard for a week but was in a very deep coma, and after suffering serious injuries to her head, her battle came to an end the following Sunday, April 7.

'The Air Ambulance Team kept in frequent contact with the hospital the entire time to check Lee-Anne's progress, and as a family we are forever grateful to them and to the wonderful hospital staff for doing everything in their power to try to save my sister's life.

Ms Parkin, from Wrenthorpe, West Yorkshire, left behind two children aged 13 and 16 in the crash. She had been travelling to meet Mr Carroll's family for the first time on the day of the crash

Ms Parkin, from Wrenthorpe, West Yorkshire, left

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