NINE months after being involved in a horrendous high-speed collision, a Bala woman still has nightmares and wakes up crying.

Elizabeth Lund, 63, from Frongoch, is seeing a clinical psychologist to help her overcome the trauma though there was nothing she could have done to prevent the tragedy.

Father-of-three Karl Hibberd, from the Southampton area, died when he was thrown off his motorbike while travelling at 100mph on the B4501 near Cerrigydrudion in June last year.

The 28-year-old mechanic was with three friends riding the notorious Evo Triangle when he failed to take a bend. After coming off his 1,000cc Honda Fireblade he was thrown into the path of Mrs Lund’s car, which ended up in a ditch.

At an inquest in Ruthin last week William Kelly, from Leyland in Lancashire, who witnessed the tragedy after being overtaken by Mr Hibberd, said there was nothing Mrs Lund could have done to avoid him.

Mrs Lund suffered bruising from the seatbelt and airbag, and the collision aggravated a back injury. She was trapped in her car and was terrified it was on fire, and was eventually freed by other motorists. Despite the physical injuries the psychological damage was far greater.

“She kept saying she had killed someone,” said her husband Don, who arrived at the scene 15 minutes later after being told about the accident.

The couple use the B4501 regularly to do their shopping in Denbigh and have witnessed numerous bikers and car drivers using the road as a racetrack.

“We choose to go more during the week when it is quieter and avoid the weekends. Some of the speeds they go at are ridiculous,” said Mr Lund.

For several weeks after the tragedy his wife would not leave the house until Mr Lund persuaded to travel with him – and on her first trip out was confronted by a motor bike coming round a bend on the wrong side of the road.

“She just screamed and had a panic attack,” he said.

Mr Lund, who is director of his own architectural and structural design business in Bala, launched his own bid to stop companies producing T-shirts, mugs and other materials promoting the Evo Triangle as a fast “racing” circuit.

Plaid Cymru AM Llyr Gruffydd made a similar plea and two of the companies have since withdrawn their products.

“I am still pressing a third company which produces car stickers to stop doing so,” said Mr Lund.

“My wife is still suffering and even when we are in the garden and she hears a motorbike I can see her reacting,” he said.

It is understood that North Wales Police and the authorities are considering the introduction of average speed cameras on the 20-mile long triangle of roads, which was first highlighted in Evo magazine as an ideal test circuit for vehicles.