Mother pays tribute to crash son

Jamie's mother described her son as "kind, gentle young man"

A mother has paid tribute to her son who was one of three people killed in a crash in south Devon.

Assistant chef Jamie Baker, 18, from Kingsbridge, died when the car he was in hit a wall in Aveton Gifford on Saturday night.

Tom (TJ) Capewell, 17, from Aveton Gifford, and nine-year-old Noah Amato, from Hallsands, also died in the crash.

Jamie's mother, Katy Patrick, described her son as a "kind, gentle young man with a heart of gold".

She added: "He was starting college in September to study to become a social worker, a job that he would have been amazing at.

"He never thought of his own problems, he was a credit to myself and my family.

"My heart also goes out to Noah and TJ's family, I am sure they will all be together looking down on us."

All three had been to the Giffstock music festival on the night that they died.

'Tragic loss'

The crash happened at about 2300 BST as the youngsters drove down a steep hill into the village.

Their car, a Vauxhall Corsa, veered off the road, overturned and crashed into a wall.

All were pronounced dead at the scene.

Floral tributes have been left at the crash site and hundreds of messages have been left on a Facebook page.

What you remember most about Jamie and Tom is how gentle they were Roger Pope, principal of Kingsbridge Community College

The Fisherman's Rest pub in Aveton Gifford where TJ lived with his landlord father Mark and mother Athenia, was closed on Sunday night.

Jamie had lived in the village until moving to Kingsbridge with his mother about four years ago.

Special assemblies have been held at Kingsbridge Community College where friends, some of whom have been in tears, have been offered professional counselling.

TJ had another year to go at the school, whereas Jamie left last year and was working in the kitchens at the Millbrook in South Pool.

Principal Roger Pope told BBC News: "What you remember most about Jamie and Tom is how gentle they were.

"They were really open and pleasant young men.

"When you see them grow up in a school, you are most aware of the tragic loss of potential and sense of waste. They had so much in front of them."