Emmerdale confirms major character is d.e.a.d after 17 years on show in heartbreaking scenes following limo crash
EMMERDALE has confirmed the fate of one of its most popular characters after 17 years on the show.
Leyla Harding, played by Roxy Shahidi, was revealed to be d.e.a.d after the horror limo crash.
It was revealed last year that Roxy would be leaving the soap and now it has been confirmed that show producers took the decision to k.i.l.l Leyla off.
While it was revealed in Tuesday’s episode that a patient had d.i.e.d in the ambulance on the way to hospital, it was only confirmed that it was Leyla today.
In heartbreaking scenes, Leyla’s son Jacob was working a shift in the hospital when a number of villagers were rushed in following the horror crash.
Jacob was left panicked when he heard that his mum was one of them to be taken by the paramedics and was soon left confused as to why he could not find her in any of the hospital wards.
It was then that Jacob finally discovered the lifeless body of his mum with a colleague informing him that Leyla was d.e.a.d upon arrival.
Leyla d.i.e.d from “severe blood loss” after she was impaled in the stomach by ice during the d.e.a.d.l.y crash.
She could be seen quietly bleeding out in the car but only revealed the extent of her injuries when she informed Kerry Wyatt that she could not move before she began to lose consciousness.
Although Kerry managed to drag Leyla across the ice, she d.i.e.d soon after from the blood loss and traumatic injury.
Leyla became the second casualty of the smash after Suzy Merton who d.i.e.d almost instantly after the impact of the smash.
Her body was left to sink in the limo as it went beneath the water after the rest of the villagers had managed to flee the ice.
Although Leyla and Suzy were the only two to d.i.e as a result of the crash – a third d.e.a.t.h was uncovered in the form of a mystery body lurking in the water.
Amy Wyatt came face-to-face with the body as she plunged straight through the ice.
Speculation is rife that the body belongs to Nate Robinson who left the Dales in September of last year.
The body could be seen wearing a bracelet identical to that of Nate’s.
It also matched Tracy’s bracelet; both had been made for them by their daughter Frankie.
At the end of the episode, Amy’s life was still hanging in the balance as she appeared to suffer a seizure in hospital.
It saw her have a traumatic flashback to coming face-to-face with the mystery body once more.
Leyla became the second victim of the limo smashCredit: ITV
