Family of popular Wigan taxi driver launch plea to trace his customers after his death

Orrell driver Chris Ryder, who ran the Get Chris minibus service, died on March 30, aged 57. His family confirming he had contracted coronavirus.

They have informed most of the customers who had travelled with Chris last month but still need to track down a small handful.

Social media forum The Orrell Blog reached out on behalf of Mr Ryder's daughter.

They said: "It is with great sadness that Chris Ryder known locally in Orrell as “Get Chris” minibus hire has passed away ( now confirmed from the coronavirus).

"From the 14th March all of his bookings were cancelled and most of his customers have been contacted as he was self isolating from the 23rd March.

"However there was a couple of bookings that the family can’t get hold of the customers.

"Did you use Get Chris 2 weeks before the 14th March and the family haven’t contacted you??

"As you can imagine this is a very distressing time for the family and they are simply making his customers aware. It’s not to scare anyone just simply make you aware, some customers may have shown symptoms whilst others may of shown none.

"RIP CHRIS from everyone at Orrell blog."

If you were one of Chris's customers, contact The Orrell Blog on Facebook.

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