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Speedboat death girl Emily Gardner's funeral takes place | Speedboat death girl Emily Gardner's funeral takes place |
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The funeral of a girl who died in a speedboat accident in Devon has taken place at Gloucester Cathedral. | |
Emily Gardner, 14, from Gloucester, was trapped under the vessel after her buoyancy aid snagged on part of the boat off Brixham earlier this month. | |
Family members and friends, including fellow pupils from Chosen Hill School, were among 750 people who attended the service. | |
Emily was on holiday with a friend's family at the time of the accident. | Emily was on holiday with a friend's family at the time of the accident. |
The song Angels by Robbie Williams was played while her coffin was carried into the cathedral. Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars was played on the way out. | |
Her parents Clive and Debbie and brother and sister Todd and Katie each released a white dove outside the cathedral at the end of the service. | |
The Reverend Susan Cooke, who conducted the service, said: "Emily was obviously a very fun loving and happy girl. | |
"All the people who came to pay tribute to her show how much she meant to everybody." |
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