Some neighbors are reportedly expressing “feelings of guilt” after learning that four teen boys were found dead in a car near their homes in North Wales on Tuesday.
Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Fitchett and Hugo Morris, who were aged between 16 and 18,were found deadin a car after they were seemingly involved in an accident during a camping trip, New Wales Police previously announced.
Several residents of Garreg, Snowdonia, where the Ford Fiesta was found,feel guiltyfor having passed the site after the apparent crash and not noticing the vehicle, according toYahoo! News U.K.
“So many people have contacted me saying ‘I drove past so many times and didn’t notice the car. If I had been there earlier I might have been able to help'. That’s the outpouring - they are feelings of guilt,” said Councillor June Jones.
The four boys had been missing since Sunday morning, New Wales Police said. The car was found upside down and partially submerged in a body of water, with the boys inside.
Harvey’s mother Crystal Owen previouslyshared her griefin a post on Facebook, writing, “I feel like I’m in a nightmare I wish I could wake up from but I’m not.”
Wilf’s girlfriend Maddi Corfieldhonored her boyfriend’s lifeon social media, as well. “I’m going tomiss you forever,” she wrote, according to The BBC and Sky News, calling him, “The sweetest and most loving boy I’ve ever known.”
“I can’t imagine my world without you,” Corfield later added. “I’m missing you so much already, but I am going to enjoy life the way you would’ve wanted, the way that you made me feel.”
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Dough and Oil, a pizza shop where Harvey worked before his death, closed following the news of its employee’s death.
The business paid tribute to the “easy-going, warm, funny, gentle, bright, hardworking and humble” young man, who was first hired two years ago as a dishwasher. He eventually moved to front-of-house and recently earned a position in the kitchen.
“He gave it his all, developing a passion for dough and had dreams of one day opening his own bakery,” the business said.
“As a group of churches, we’re trying to give support to a hurting but beautiful Shrewsbury community,” vicar Phil Cansdale toldThe Independent U.K.
Several public officials — including Shrewsbury mayor Becky Wall, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford and Conservative MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham Daniel Kawczynski— offered their condolences, as well.
Shrewsbury Town Council has alsocanceled its planto turn on the city’s Christmas lights Wednesday evening, according toThe Independent. “Our thoughts go out to all who are caught up in this terrible tragedy,” they said.
source: people.com
