Coronation Street shock as Katy Armstrong is KILLED off in a car accident in Portugal as ex Chesney Brown rushes to get their son

Coronation Street fans have been left shocked after Katy Armstrong was killed in a tragic offscreen death.

The receptionist - who was played by actress Georgia May Foote up until 2015 in the ITV soap - died in a car crash in Portugal, leaving Chesney Brown to rush to the country to get to his son Joseph.

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Katy's sister Izzy received the horrifying news in a phone call on the cobbles.

"No, she can't be, no," said Izzy as she received the horrifying news.

Heading to tell the awful news with Fizz, Tyrone and Sinead, Izzy almost couldn't get the words out.

"Katy's dead, in a car crash, she was killed instantly," she said while sobbing.

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Fortunately Katy and Chesney's son Joseph survived the crash with Izzy's mum looking after him.

The shock news came as Chesney recovered in hospital after he suffered a horrifying seizure in the kebab shop.

However, after hearing the news that his son needed him, he leapt out of bed and discharged himself against medical advice to get to Joseph.

She left Weatherfield in 2015 to join her mother in Portugal having grown tired of life on the cobbles.

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The Sun Online exclusively revealed the news of Katy's off-screen death last week.

A TV source said: “As Katy, Georgia was really popular with Corrie fans and had some big storylines. But bosses have clearly decided that she has no future in the soap, and have ruled out a return by killing her off.

“You might have thought they would  show such a well-known character being written out on screen but that wasn’t to be.”

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Georgia spent five years playing Katy before leaving in 2015 to take part on Strictly Come Dancing.

She said at the time: “I’d decided the time was right to go before I met with producer Stuart Blackburn to discuss Katy’s future.

“It was a mutual decision for me to leave, but I  wish I’d got in first.”

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