By ED HOLT

Published: 09:40 GMT, 31 December 2025 | Updated: 10:08 GMT, 31 December 2025

Tributes have been paid to a 'much loved' mother who died after her fiat crashed into a bus just days after Christmas. 

Karen Marks, 34, was killed in the fatal collision on the A10 road near Ely - Cambridgeshire - at midday on Sunday December 28.

Cambridgeshire Police and paramedics rushed to the scene but the mother from Littleport was pronounced dead at the scene.

A fellow passenger in Ms Marks' Fiat Punto - a man in his 40s - was taken to hospital with serious injuries, where he remains in a stable condition. 

No one on the bus was injured. 

Paying tribute to Ms Marks her family said: 'Once you met Karen, you would never forget her. 

Karen Marks, 34, was killed in the fatal collision on the A10 road near Ely - Cambridgeshire - at midday on Sunday December 28

Paying tribute to Ms Marks her family said: 'Once you met Karen, you would never forget her. She was a very much-loved daughter, mother and sister and touched so many people's lives'

'She was like a firework when she came in and you knew when she was around. 

'She was a very much-loved daughter, mother and sister and touched so many people's lives.'

Cambridgeshire Police said: 'Anyone who saw what happened or has dashcam footage of the collision, or the moments leading up to it should report it through the force website quoting Op Bayswater. 

'Anyone without internet access should call 101.'