TRIBUTES have been left throughout the weekend at the spot where a teenager lost his life in a three vehicle accident on Thursday.
Jack Ure, 18, of Pymoor, was a sixth form student at Ely Community College and had just completed his A level exams.
“A very bright young man with a wicked sense of humour” was how college staff fondly recalls him.
Jack was driving a Renault Clio which was in collision with a Mercedes and a Land Rover at the bridge near the Swan at New River Bank, Littleport.
Many tributes on social media were paid to Jack throughout the weekend including from Sarah Bebbington on Twitter.
“Ely sixth form is completed crushed,” she tweeted. “Teachers crying and everyone in complete silence. RIP Jack.”
The college decided to go ahead with the summer ball on Friday evening, principally to provide a support network for many who knew Jack.
Authorities will be asked to take a look at the accident rate along the stretch of road where Jack died.
Geoff Norman wrote on the Ely Standard website over the weekend: “Do you realise there have now been five fatalities in the last ten years on a half mile stretch of New River Bank in Littleport?”
On Saturday morning emergency services were called to Swaffham Heath Road, Dullingham, near Newmarket.
On arrival officers they found a silver Volkswagen Transporter van had collided with a blue Citroen Saxo.
It was confirmed a person died at the scene.
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