‘Bubbly’ nightclub worker was killed when her Audi crashed into bridge at 68mph as she drove home from work while over drink-drive limit, inquest hears

• Nightclub worker died when she crashed Audi into a bridge while drink-driving
• Kelsey Stuttard, 31, from Cheadle, hit a bridge in Staffordshire at 68mph

A nightclub worker died when she crashed her car into a bridge while over the drink-drive limit on the way home from work, an inquest heard.

‘Bubbly’ 31-year-old Kelsey Stuttard, from Cheadle, Greater Manchester, was more than twice over the drink-riving limit when she hit a bridge at 68mph in her white Audi A3 on the A523 Macclesfield Road, near Rudyard in Staffordshire, at 3.10am on May 7, 2022.

Her family said they were surprised she was over the alcohol limit and said she was known to friends as a ‘granny driver’.

In the inquest at Stoke Town Hall, a relative said: ‘She wouldn’t drive at that speed on the motorway.

‘She would be joked at by her friends who often called her “granny driver”.

‘Bubbly’ 31-year-old Kelsey Stuttard (pictured), from Cheadle, Greater Manchester, was more than twice over the drink-riving limit when she hit a bridge on the A523 Macclesfield Road, near Rudyard in Staffordshire, at 68mph in May 2022

Her family said they were surprised she was over the alcohol limit and said she was known to friends as a ‘granny driver’

‘For the drinks, I know that she would not intentionally have driven knowing she had drunk.

‘She wouldn’t have driven, she used to plan ahead if she knew she would have a drink, either staying at a BnB or at a friend’s house.

‘She would have known what she was drinking. When she had a drink she planned.’

Kelsey had been working at 3D nightclub for just nine months when she was killed.

She was pronounced dead at the scene when emergency services arrived.

Her autopsy found she died of multiple injuries.

North Staffordshire area coroner Emma Serrano said alcohol and a lack of sleep likely caused the crash.

The 3D nightclub worker was pronounced dead at the scene on the A523 Macclesfield Road (pictured) when emergency services arrived

Her family said she was a caring person who would be missed.

They told the inquest: ‘She would care for everybody.

‘She had helped underprivileged people in Tanzania.

‘There was this one night where she called into Tesco on her way back and saw a homeless person.

‘She went in and bought them a pillow and a duvet.

‘That’s the sort of person she was.’

They added: ‘She was working seven days a week to save up for her first house. She was loved by all her friends.

‘She will be missed.’

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