Heartbreak as 'amazing' dad killed in devastating crash Scott Simpson was one of three killed in a crash along with Alex Ford and Jay McEvoy Updated Scott Simpson, who was killed in the triple fatal car crash on East Prescot Road People offered heartfelt sympathies to the family of a much-loved dad who was killed in a horrific road crash last weekend. Scott Simpson, 28, was one of three people to lose their lives when their car crashed into a roundabout on East Prescot Road in Knotty Ash in the early hours of Monday (April 26). The two other victims were named as Alex Ford, a mum in her 20s, and James ("Jay") McEvoy, a 33-year-old dad.