Husband pays tribute to ‘forever beautiful’ ex-BBC Radio 6 Music producer, 40, after she was killed by a train in a ‘tragic accident’
- Kelly Jobanputra, 40, died after being hit on railway line last Friday afternoon
- Husband Vikesh paid tribute to his late wife and called her ‘forever beautiful’
- Mrs Jobanputra had given birth to her second child just months earlier
- Second ‘devastating loss’ for family after her brother Corrie died 15 years ago
- Mrs Jobanputra worked for local BBC stations before moving to Radio 6 Music
The husband of a former BBC Radio 6 producer has paid tribute to his ‘forever beautiful’ wife after she was killed by a train in a ‘tragic accident’.
Mother-of-two Kelly Jobanputra, 40, from Swindon, Wiltshire, died last Friday at around 3pm after being hit on the line between Swindon and Didcot Parkway just months after giving birth to her second child.
Her husband Vikesh today posted a picture of her on Facebook with the caption ‘forever beuatiful’.
Yesterday her devastated family described her as a ‘vibrant, attractive, courageous’ young woman.
It is the second tragedy they have had to endure after her brother Corrie Stooke died 15 years ago aged 31 from an accidental heroin overdose, which relatives described as ‘equally-distressing circumstances’.
The family have asked people not to speculate on the death until an inquest has investigated the circumstances. Mrs Jobanputra is pictured with husband Vikesh
Journalist Kelly Jobanputra, 39, pictured, from Swindon, Wiltshire, died last Friday after being hit by a train
The mother of two had given birth to her second child just months before her death. She is pictured with her daughter Mya and her newborn
The death is the second tragedy the family has had to endure after the presenter’s (right) brother Corrie Stooke (left) died of an accidental drugs overdose in 2004 aged 31
Better known at the time under her maiden name of Kelly Stooke, which she often used as a byline even after she got married, she regularly wrote reviews for the Swindon Advertiser and freelanced for the website 365 Bristol.
She also wrote on Swindon Web as the Mum About Town, briefly presented a show on Ujima FM Radio in Bristol, and worked in the marketing group at the British Computing Society before her death.
Mrs Jobanputra previously raised fund for post-natal depression charities and wrote about how serious the condition is.
She wrote: ‘PND is a devastating illness that is still not talked about and researched as much as it should be.
‘There is not enough help out there for people who suffer and I want to raise the profile of this charity because they do so much.’
Her father John Stooke said: ‘We are completely and utterly bereft to lose such a vibrant, attractive, courageous and well-loved family member at such a very young age.
‘She was in good spirits when she left at lunchtime to go to Asda.
‘It seems that, whilst the circumstances are not at all clear, this may well have been, in the end, an unintended and tragic accident.
‘Our thoughts are not solely with the devastation to our own family. We also believe the train driver was naturally traumatised and he or she also remains very much in our thoughts and prayers.’
An inquest into the cause and circumstances of Mrs Jobanputra’s death will be held at a later date.
According to relatives, she was planning to consolidate some of her projects through the fledgling KMAJ Media company.
Mrs Jobanputra spent 15 years presenting on local BBC radio stations before heading to London to work for Radio 6 Music, although she left the station several years ago.
She has a young daughter called Mya with her husband and had her second child at the end of 2018.
Mrs Jobanputra is pictured left in a family photo with brother Corrie, centre, and mother Danusia, right
Mrs Jobanputra, pictured with husband Vikesh, had been in ‘good spirits’ on the day of her death according to her family and had gone out to do some shopping in Asda
The family have asked to be left alone while they grieve for Mrs Jobanputra and asked for speculation about how her life ended to be avoided until the inquest establishes the facts of the incident.
A spokesman for the BBC added: ‘We are sorry to hear this incredibly sad news and our thoughts are with Kelly’s family and friends at this time.’
Police are not treating her death as suspicious.
All lines were closed between the two stations for several hours while emergency services attended the incident.
An inquest in 2004 ruled her brother’s death was accidental after an overdose of heroin.
Witnesses said Mr Stooke had been taking drugs with friends and then collapsed in a kitchen in a property in Swindon.
His friends moved him to a sofa but the inquest heard he never regained consciousness.
At the time his father John spoke out and warned others of the dangers of heroin and said it would ‘inflict its torture on anyone who goes near it’.
Mrs Jobanputra, pictured with Take That singer Mark Owen, worked as a presenter on local BBC radio stations for 15 years before going to work as a producer for BBC Radio 6 Music
The radio presenter, pictured with her husband, lost her brother Corrie 15 years ago after he died of an accidental drug overdose
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