Tributes to volleyball players

Tributes have been paid to the three young people who died in a car crash in Dorset on their way home from a volleyball tournament.

James Phillips, 25, and Susie Manning, who was in her 20s, were two members of the Brentwood Volleyball team who were killed on Sunday night.

Their friend, Mark Pitman, 18, who was very close to the team, was also killed.

They had been at a tournament in Poole shortly before their Renault was in collision with a Rover between Wimbourne and Poole.

Firefighters had to cut the five occupants of the Renault free from the wreckage.

The driver was confirmed dead at the scene, two passengers died later, and the other two passengers were slightly injured.

Brendan Osborn, chairman of the Essex-based team, paid tribute to the three.

He said: "Volleyball is a very close family and all three will be very much missed by us all.

"It will be hard for us to come back together, but we'll do that because we loved them so much and they're going to be in our hearts and thoughts, and so will their families."

Dorset Police are appealing for witnesses.