Family of Sheffield ‘Good Samaritan’ say his actions show ‘sort of man he was’

Chris Marriott died ‘doing what so many will remember him for – helping others’, one church group said. Photograph: South Yorkshire Police/PA

The family of a man who died when a car was driven into a crowd of people as he was trying to help a stranger, have said the circumstances of his death “show the sort of man he was”.

In a tribute released through South Yorkshire police, the family of Chris Marriott, 46, described him as a “wonderful husband, dad, brother, uncle – and friend to many”.