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Under-age driver dies after Cheltenham car crash | Under-age driver dies after Cheltenham car crash |
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An under-age driver who crashed a car into a dry stone wall in Cheltenham has died. | An under-age driver who crashed a car into a dry stone wall in Cheltenham has died. |
Jesse Johnson, 16, was rushed to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford but died later of his injuries. | |
Two other teenagers, aged 15 and 16, were treated for minor injuries after the crash on Thursday at about 23:45 BST on Cotswold Way. | |
Gloucestershire Constabulary has asked for anyone who saw the car before the crash to make contact. | Gloucestershire Constabulary has asked for anyone who saw the car before the crash to make contact. |
Darren Jones, from Cheltenham Boxing Academy, where Jesse trained, paid tribute to the teenager. | |
He said: "He was such a humble kid - such a lovely kid. Outside the ring he wouldn't say boo to a goose. | |
"Some people have an ego when they get involved in boxing, they take it outside. | |
"But JJ was never like that and I loved that kid and it's destroyed me that he's gone." |
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