Warning from crash girl's family

The family of a teenage girl killed in a car crash in Cumbria have issued a warning to other young people about the potential dangers of cars.

Kimberly Bouch, 17, was a passenger in a car which crashed on 30 December 2004 at Kirkbride Airfield, near Wigton.

Four friends, including two teenage girls, were cleared of manslaughter at Carlisle Crown Court on Tuesday.

Ms Bouch's family said in a statement: "We would hate for any other family to go through what we have experienced."

Young people must be made to realise that the fun they get from motor vehicles all to often ends in death of a loved one Kimberly Bouch's family

Calum Hill, 18, of Arkleby, and Philip Watson, 21, of Moor House Farm, were found not guilty of manslaughter, along with two girls, now 16, who were driving the cars.

The trial heard how a group of seven friends went to the airfield and two cars set off from opposite ends of the unlit runway before colliding.

Ms Bouch was seriously injured and died hours later on New Year's Eve.

Her family said: "Not a day has passed since Kimberley's tragic death that we as a family have not thought about her.

"She was a wonderful fun person who lived life to the full. What happened on the airfield was in tragic circumstances.

"Young people must be made to realise that the fun they get from motor vehicles all to often ends in death of a loved one."