Fatal Crash On A419 

Friends and family gather for lantern tribute in Town Gardens

 

UPDATE: 9.00pm

 

Over a hundred friends and family gathered in Old Town to pay tribute to Shaya Rae Leigh & Kerry Stanford this evening.

 

Lanterns were lit and released in Town Gardens to remember the two teenage victims of this morning's car crash on the A419 and to support the three male survivors who are still being treated in hospital with serious injuries.

 

Flowers have also being layed at the crash site near the White Hart roundabout, although Wiltshire Police are politely advising well-wishers to refrain from doing so because of the dangers of traffic on the adjacent dual-carriageway.

  

 

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Two teenage girls named in 5am tragedy. 3 male passengers still in hospital.

 
UPDATE: 5.30pm

 

Wiltshire Police have released the names of the two teenage girls who died in the A419 crash earlier this morning.

 

The driver, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was 18-year-old Shaya Rae Leigh of Reading Street, Swindon.

A female passenger, 17-year-old Kerry Staniford, of Albion Street, Swindon, died later at Great Western Hospital, Swindon.

 

Three male passengers survived and are still in hospital being treated for their injuries. It is understood one has undergone an emergency operation for a broken back and neck.

 

A Facebook tribute page has been set up for Kerry and Shaya, with friends planning to meet in Town Gardens tonight at 8pm to release lanterns in remembrance.

  

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1.00pm: Road still closed at Honda after two women die in 5am accident. 3 male passengers injured.

 

This was the scene on the A419 at 1pm today after a fatal crash near Honda in the early hours of the morning.

 

A Renault Clio left the carriageway at approximately 5am killing the 19-year-old female driver and one other female passenger, who died later in hospital. Three other male passengers in the car were taken to GWH with serious injuries.

 

 

Police have announced that two of the male passengers are now described as being "very poorly" at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol. A third male is still being treated for his injuries at GWH.

 
The northbound carriageway of the A419 will be closed for the time being from the junction with the A420 to the Turnpike junction at Blunsdon while a thorough police investigation is conducted. The southbound carriageway remains open.

Wiltshire Police are appealing for witnesses to call 101 and ask for PC Kevin Fry of the Serious Collision Investigation Team.

 

Second early morning accident in a week

  

The accident is the second fatal crash on that stretch of the A419 inside a week, after a 20-year-old passenger died last Saturday morning in a collision near the Commonhead roundabout.

 

The teenage driver of the car that killed 19-year-old Costi Voulgaris in June last year was also jailed yesterday for dangerous driving.