A SUPPORT group set up to help people whose lives are devastated by road accidents meets in Durham tonight.

Steve Vasey, of Pity Me, and Andrew Smith, of Ushaw Moor, launched the group after living through the trauma that accidents cause.

Steve's 14-year-old daughter, Cheryl, was killed in a crash in 1997 and a woman walked in front of Andrew's lorry and was killed, in London.

Andrew said: "Although I had a lot of support from people around me at the time, there was nobody who knew how I was feeling and what I was going through.

Steve said: "I know from my own experience that talking to people from a similar situation helped. There was nobody else who understood my feelings. It's human instinct to say you will be all right, but these things need to come out."

The group meets monthly in Vane Tempest Community Centre, Gilesgate. Call 0191-373 6433 or (0776) 5396706.