Inquests open after three teenagers die in Shifnal car crash
Inquests into the deaths of three teenagers killed in a car crash in Shropshire are to resume in the summer after being opened and adjourned on Thursday.Simon Evans, 18, and 17-year-olds Jacob Holman and Jenson Bridges, were travelling in an Audi A1 on Offoxey Road in Tong, near Shifnal, when the crash happened last Friday night, Shropshire Coroner's Court heard.A fourth teenager, aged 17, who hasn't been named, is in hospital with life-changing injuries.Adjourning proceedings until 8 July, assistant coroner Heath Westerman said his "heartfelt sympathies" went out to the three families and all those who knew the teenagers.
The court heard how student and chef Simon Evans from Perton, Staffordshire, was pronounced dead at the scene. Jacob Holman, a trainee chef from Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, died in hospital the following day, while shopfitter Jenson Bridges, from Brewood, Staffordshire, died in hospital on Sunday.
'Always had a smile'
The family of Simon Evans, a passenger in the car, paid tribute to him on Wednesday, saying: "Simon was just a lovely, friendly person, always with a smile on his face, he was so family-orientated, and would do absolutely anything for his friends who he was very loyal to." Police investigating the crash have appealed for information and dashcam footage. Insp Steph Arrowsmith said the force believed the Audi had been travelling with a red Vauxhall Corsa and a black Volkswagen Golf."The vehicles were not involved in the collision in any way but we're hoping motorists in the area may remember seeing the three vehicles together," he said.
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