Mourners gather in rain to remember four teenagers killed in Wales crash
An entire village has turned out to mourn the passing of the four teens who were discovered in car wreckage in Snowdonia.
A massive hunt was launched for Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Hugo Morris, 18, and Wilf Fitchett after they failed to return from a camping trip in the picturesque Welsh mountains earlier this week. Yesterday, North Wales Police confirmed the tragic news that they had found the young men in a Ford Fiesta that appears to have left the road.
At 10.30, the local vicar Reverend Roland Barnes held prayers for the four boys and their families at the war memorial in the village of Garreg, a mile from the crash site.
He told a group of around 20 people gathered in the drizzle: “We pray for the four youngsters who were tragically killed, taken from their loved ones in the prime of life.
“Lord, we ask you to bless them and all who love them. We ask you Lord to comfort the families of Jevon, Harvey, Wilf and Hugo. Lord, be with them, cry with them, hold them close.”
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The boys went missing on a camping trip in Snowdonia (Rowan Griffiths / Daily Mirror)Flowers, candles and photos were left at the memorial by locals . One woman from nearby Harlech, who asked not to be named, said she drove up to Garreg after she was touched by the tragedy. In tears, she told how her husband had lost his teenaged daughter in a similar crash that also killed two of her friends and added: “I wanted to do something for these poor families. I have this lantern that I was keeping for Christmas but I want to leave it here so that, if they come past, they see it.”
Reverend Barnes echoed those sentiments: “We are here just to show we care. I’m sure that in time the families will want to come down here, will want to see where it happened, and it is really appropriate that when they come they see that we do care.
Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Henderson, Hugo Morris (Media Wales)“We put flowers and we do feel for them. That’s it really. It is just so tragic. Hearing the story of four young people, so young but full of a sense of adventure. Wanting to come for a trip to Wales, ‘yes, let’s just jump in a car’. Fantastic. We want to encourage people to do that. It is so sad it ended so tragically. We don’t know any of the details, obviously. We want to encourage people to come to Wales. But the weather can be awful and the roads are so windy and narrow and you have got to be careful.”
It comes after police searching for the teens found their bodies inside a crashed car. A massive hunt was launched for Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Hugo Morris, 18, and Wilf Fitchett after they failed to return home from an overnight trip to the Snowdonia area. North Wales Police said their bodies were recovered from a silver Ford Fiesta which appears to have left the road on the A4085 at Garreg, near Tremadog.
Superintendent Owain Llewelyn said: "At present, this appears to have been a tragic accident, and our thoughts are with the family and friends of the four young men at this very difficult time." He later told reporters out police HQ in St Asaph: "Police officers attended and located a Ford Fiesta vehicle on its roof, partially submerged in water. Tragically, the bodies of four young males were recovered from within the vehicle."
The force said inquiries were ongoing to establish the circumstances that led to the car leaving the road. It's understood the group were not experienced campers and had only travelled with basic equipment. The young men were from Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Crystal Owen - Harvey's mum - said she did not know the boys were going camping and would've warned them not to due to the weather.
Among scores of tributes on social media, a friend of one of the teenagers described him as "one in a million".
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