{"id":34103,"date":"2023-06-22T16:40:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T14:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1848719"},"modified":"2023-06-22T16:46:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T14:46:58","slug":"pregnant-hollyoaks-star-frankie-jules-hough-receives-tributes-after-tragic-death-in-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/pregnant-hollyoaks-star-frankie-jules-hough-receives-tributes-after-tragic-death-in-car-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant Hollyoaks star Frankie Jules-Hough receives tributes after tragic death in car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The actress portrayed Jess Holt in Hollyoaks from 2000 to 2001. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 22 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Tributes have been flooding in for Frankie Jules-Hough after the former Hollyoaks star died, aged 38.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">The actress, who starred as Jess in the Channel 4 soap, was critically injured along with her son Tommy, nine, and her four-year-old nephew Tobias on Saturday 13th May on the M66 in Greater Manchester.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Frankie, who was 18 weeks pregnant, according to her friend Debbie Wright, died in hospital two days later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Frankie\u2019s other son, Rocky, two, was also hurt in the crash.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">She was driving on the M6 when a car must have crashed in to them dangerously the driver has been charged.This wonderful actress played the character &#8220;Jess&#8221; alongside me 4 years in <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hollyoaks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@Hollyoaks<\/a> her real name is <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustFranki1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@JustFranki1<\/a> and i adored her. I feel so lost right now. <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPFranki?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#RIPFranki<\/a> \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\u2014 Paul Danan (@PaulyDanan) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulyDanan\/status\/1671553881422037005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Leading the tributes, Hollyoaks actor Paul Danan wrote on <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/PaulyDanan\/status\/1671553881422037005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1671553881422037005%7Ctwgr%5Ecc2b5ab56cdbeb6d1b12f1c2b96d9b5d30376805%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fradiotimes.production.wcp.imdserve.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">: \u201cI just heard the most shocking upsetting news I\u2019ve heard in such a long time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cAnother good friend who was such a special person has sadly passed away while carrying her unborn baby and her 2 little boys and nephew who were in the car too. They had a terrible car accident.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Paul added: \u201cShe was driving on the M66 when a car must have crashed in to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cThis wonderful actress played the character \u2018Jess\u2019 alongside me for nearly 4 years in @hollyoaksofficial her real name is Frankie Hough and I adored her. I feel so lost right now. #RIPFranki.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">He added: \u201cHere <\/span><a href=\"\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/pregnant-mum-frankie-3-children-fight-for-life&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">is a link<\/a><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\"> to donate some money for these poor little boys she has left behind who are currently fighting for their lives and will be slowly realising that their mummy isnt alive anymore. Just incomprehensible\u2026 #totallydevastated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Her friend, Debbie, launched the<\/span><b> <\/b><a href=\"\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/pregnant-mum-frankie-3-children-fight-for-life&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><b>GoFundMe<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">page following Frankie\u2019s death, and it has already raised over \u00a352k.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cWords cannot express what her family and friends are going through now, not to mention her poor boys who now have to grow up without their mummy and sister they never got to meet\u201d, she wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cThis is devastating. Frankie touched the lives of so many with her beautiful kind soul. Heaven has gained a true angel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Frankie portrayed Jess Holt in Hollyoaks from 2000 to 2001. O<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">ther TV credits include Merseybeat, Heartbeat, Where the Heart Is and Wire in the Blood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Adil Iqbal has <a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-manchester-65953830&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">pleaded guilty<\/a> to causing her death by dangerous driving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">He also admitted to causing serious injuries to her son, aged 9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">He was remanded in custody to await sentencing on 19th July.<\/span><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The actress portrayed Jess Holt in Hollyoaks from 2000 to 2001. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":34104,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/pregnant-hollyoaks-star-frankie-jules-hough-receives-tributes-after-tragic-death-in-car-crash.png",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/pregnant-hollyoaks-star-frankie-jules-hough-receives-tributes-after-tragic-death-in-car-crash-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/pregnant-hollyoaks-star-frankie-jules-hough-receives-tributes-after-tragic-death-in-car-crash-300x200.png",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/pregnant-hollyoaks-star-frankie-jules-hough-receives-tributes-after-tragic-death-in-car-crash-768x512.png",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/pregnant-hollyoaks-star-frankie-jules-hough-receives-tributes-after-tragic-death-in-car-crash-1024x683.png",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/pregnant-hollyoaks-star-frankie-jules-hough-receives-tributes-after-tragic-death-in-car-crash.png",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/pregnant-hollyoaks-star-frankie-jules-hough-receives-tributes-after-tragic-death-in-car-crash.png",1200,800,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The actress portrayed Jess Holt in Hollyoaks from 2000 to 2001.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/34103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}