Tributes have been paid to the former Essex Chronicle stalwart and grandmother killed in a two-car crash in Writtle yesterday (July 1).Petal Hawkins, 79, of Chelmsford, was pronounced dead on the A414 Ongar Road after her bronze Kia Picanto was in a head-on collision with a blue Ford Focus shortly before 4.10pm.The female driver of the Focus, another woman, was airlifted to Royal London Hospital but her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. Former Chronicle editor Stuart Rawlins...
