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20/03/2009
Three British Students Killed In Gap Year Crash
Three British students have been killed in a car accident during a gap year trip in South Africa.
Nick Thompson, 19, Oli Mobsby and Ed Lowton, both 18, were returning from a safari when they were involved in a head-on collision near Cape Town.
The three friends had completed their A-Level exams at Gillingham School in Dorset, and were due to study at York University in September.
Mr Mobsby's father Guy, said the trio were in "the wrong place at the wrong time".
He added: "They never had any disappointments in life. They were just having a fantastic time out there."
The three men, who made so many friends in South Africa that a memorial service was held in Cape Town, had taken their A-Levels together last year and set off on their trip in January before the crash on 9 March.
In a joint statement their families said: "From the phone calls home, text messages, photographs, the postings on Facebook and words from friends they made there, it was clear to the families that the young men were having the time of their lives.
"The families are very grateful for all the support we have had from their friends and the tributes paid to them.
"This includes floral tributes left at North Dorset Rugby Club, the minute's silence before rugby and football games, and the memorial drinks and parties to celebrate their lives."
Funerals for the three teenagers will be held at the end of March and beginning of April.
(JM/BMcC)
Nick Thompson, 19, Oli Mobsby and Ed Lowton, both 18, were returning from a safari when they were involved in a head-on collision near Cape Town.
The three friends had completed their A-Level exams at Gillingham School in Dorset, and were due to study at York University in September.
Mr Mobsby's father Guy, said the trio were in "the wrong place at the wrong time".
He added: "They never had any disappointments in life. They were just having a fantastic time out there."
The three men, who made so many friends in South Africa that a memorial service was held in Cape Town, had taken their A-Levels together last year and set off on their trip in January before the crash on 9 March.
In a joint statement their families said: "From the phone calls home, text messages, photographs, the postings on Facebook and words from friends they made there, it was clear to the families that the young men were having the time of their lives.
"The families are very grateful for all the support we have had from their friends and the tributes paid to them.
"This includes floral tributes left at North Dorset Rugby Club, the minute's silence before rugby and football games, and the memorial drinks and parties to celebrate their lives."
Funerals for the three teenagers will be held at the end of March and beginning of April.
(JM/BMcC)
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