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| Swindon crash: Vigil remembers teenagers who died | |
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| Hundreds of people gathered in Swindon to remember two teenage girls who were killed in a car crash. | |
| Chinese lanterns and candles were lit by family and friends of the five young people whose car careered off the A419 on Saturday at 05:00 BST. | |
| The girls have been named as 18-year-old Shaya Rae Leigh and Kerrylee O'Leary-Staniford, who was 17. | The girls have been named as 18-year-old Shaya Rae Leigh and Kerrylee O'Leary-Staniford, who was 17. |
| Two of the three male passengers, all aged 20, are in intensive care whilst the third is in a stable condition. | Two of the three male passengers, all aged 20, are in intensive care whilst the third is in a stable condition. |
| The group, all from Swindon, was travelling northbound in a Renault Clio when the car left the road near the junction with the A420. | The group, all from Swindon, was travelling northbound in a Renault Clio when the car left the road near the junction with the A420. |
| Some 200 people gathered in Swindon's Town Gardens on Saturday evening to pay their respects by lighting candles and releasing lanterns. | Some 200 people gathered in Swindon's Town Gardens on Saturday evening to pay their respects by lighting candles and releasing lanterns. |
| 'Tribute' | 'Tribute' |
| Officers described the smash as "horrific" and said the car had been found with substantial damage in undergrowth about 20m from the road. | |
| Ms Leigh, who was driving, was pronounced dead at the scene and Ms O'Leary-Staniford died later at the nearby Great Western Hospital. | Ms Leigh, who was driving, was pronounced dead at the scene and Ms O'Leary-Staniford died later at the nearby Great Western Hospital. |
| Wiltshire Police said several vehicles had been seen stopping on the A419 to leave floral tributes and appealed for motorists to avoid doing the same. | Wiltshire Police said several vehicles had been seen stopping on the A419 to leave floral tributes and appealed for motorists to avoid doing the same. |
| PC Jeff Rice said: "This is a clearway and vehicles are travelling at speeds of up to 70mph. It would be highly dangerous to stop at the scene. | PC Jeff Rice said: "This is a clearway and vehicles are travelling at speeds of up to 70mph. It would be highly dangerous to stop at the scene. |
| "We fully understand that people want to pay their respects and leave a tribute, and would advise that there is a footpath from the nearby housing estate which will enable people to get to the scene." | "We fully understand that people want to pay their respects and leave a tribute, and would advise that there is a footpath from the nearby housing estate which will enable people to get to the scene." |
| 'Best of friends' | |
| In a statement Ms O'Leary-Staniford's mother, Helen Staniford, paid tribute to her "beautiful" daughter who was studying travel and tourism at college. | |
| "She loved to travel and as far as I am concerned she has now travelled with Shaya," she said: | |
| "Kerry made her own choice to get into the car that evening and, unfortunately, it was the wrong choice, one which took her away from us. | |
| "Kerry and Shaya were the best of friends. I hope they are happy and that they look after each other in their new place." |