North Wales: Tributes paid to boys found in crashed car

Tributes are pouring in after Wilf Henderson, Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen and Hugo Morris, from Shrewsbury were found dead in an overturned car in north Wales. 

The boys had not been seen since Sunday morning, prompting a major search. 

The car was found during a police search on Tuesday, after a tip-off from a member of the public. The car was found partially submerged and all four bodies were in the vehicle. 

Police say at the moment it appears to be a tragic accident. 

Maddi Corfield, the girlfriend of Wilf, said: “I’m going to miss you forever.”

“The sweetest and most loving boy I’ve ever known. I hope you know how much I love you, gorgeous,” she wrote in a tribute online.

“Thank you for all the time you’ve spent with me… thank you for loving me endlessly. I promise I’ll do the same for you, my sweet, sweet angel.

“I can’t imagine my world without you. I’m missing you so much already, but I am going to enjoy life the way you would’ve wanted, the way that you made me feel.”

Supt Llewellyn said: “Shortly after 10 am this morning [Tuesday] a member of the public contacted us reporting a vehicle having left the road between Beddgelert and Llanfrothen.

“Police officers attended and located a Ford Fiesta vehicle upside down, partially submerged in water.” 

The force said the teens’ families had been informed, adding that the search had now finished, but inquiries were ongoing to formally identify those in the vehicle, and understand what led to the deaths.