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| Vigil for death crash schoolgirls | Vigil for death crash schoolgirls |
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| Families and friends of four schoolgirls killed near Ebbw Vale have united at a candle-lit vigil to mark a year since the tragedy. | |
| The teenagers were backseat passengers in a car when its driver lost control of the vehicle on a mountain road. | The teenagers were backseat passengers in a car when its driver lost control of the vehicle on a mountain road. |
| Driver Craig Ramshaw, 18, had passed his driving test only three days before the accident. | Driver Craig Ramshaw, 18, had passed his driving test only three days before the accident. |
| Last month he was banned from driving for two years following a careless driving conviction. | Last month he was banned from driving for two years following a careless driving conviction. |
| Before the vigil took place on Friday evening, the father of victim Louise Jones, from Ebbw Vale, said it was an important way of remembering what happened exactly a year ago. | |
| "It is going to be very difficult for us," said Terry Jones. | "It is going to be very difficult for us," said Terry Jones. |
| "Originally, it was just going to be close family and friends who went, but it has ballooned a bit. | "Originally, it was just going to be close family and friends who went, but it has ballooned a bit. |
| Instead of teaching these kids how to pass a test, we should be teaching them how to drive Terry Jones | Instead of teaching these kids how to pass a test, we should be teaching them how to drive Terry Jones |
| "The girls had so many friends, there is so much family, you can't tell them not to come to remember them." | "The girls had so many friends, there is so much family, you can't tell them not to come to remember them." |
| The vigil was held on the same spot and at the exact time that Danielle Caswell, Katie Roberts, both 15, and Louise Jones and Kayleigh Parry, 16, all died. | |
| There were in the back of the Vauxhall Corsa car driven by Craig Ramshaw when it skidded out of control on the B4560 between Garnlydan and Llangynidr. | There were in the back of the Vauxhall Corsa car driven by Craig Ramshaw when it skidded out of control on the B4560 between Garnlydan and Llangynidr. |
| Ramshaw was cleared of causing death by dangerous driving at a trial that ended in October, but lost his licence for two years after a jury convicted him of careless driving. | Ramshaw was cleared of causing death by dangerous driving at a trial that ended in October, but lost his licence for two years after a jury convicted him of careless driving. |
| Campaign | Campaign |
| The case has led Mr Jones to launch a campaign to overhaul the current driving test system. | The case has led Mr Jones to launch a campaign to overhaul the current driving test system. |
| Mr Jones said he wanted learners to log 200 hours of driving with an older motorist before they could take a car out on their own. | Mr Jones said he wanted learners to log 200 hours of driving with an older motorist before they could take a car out on their own. |
| "We are starting from the wrong base at the moment, it is the safety issue we have to deal with," said Mr Jones. | "We are starting from the wrong base at the moment, it is the safety issue we have to deal with," said Mr Jones. |
| "Instead of teaching these kids how to pass a test, we should be teaching them how to drive." | "Instead of teaching these kids how to pass a test, we should be teaching them how to drive." |