Friends' anti-speed plea in film

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Family and friends of David Wares who died in 2008 after racing a car have produced a film and song urging other road users to cut their speed.

The mother of a young driver killed as he raced a friend at speeds of up to 95mph says she hopes a new film and song about him will save lives.

David Wares, 22, was killed instantly in the crash in August 2008, just yards from his home near Prestatyn.

A pop song penned by a friend has been turned into a lavish anti-speed film by Denbighshire's road safety team.

Mother Edwina Wares said if it helped just one family avoid their tragedy it was a "job well done".

It's just soul destroying, especially when it was someone so special as David Katie Benbow

Speaking about the death of her son, Mrs Wares added: "It is devastating. Life will never be the same again - not for us, not for his brother, and not for his sister.

"The police have said whatever I do, it won't make a difference. Possibly they are right - but I have to do something to try to stop it happening.

"If it stops one other family from going what we've been through, it will be a job well done."

Mr Wares, a property management student at Liverpool John Moores University, was returning home from work and had nearly reached the turning for his home when the collision occurred.

"The next thing I knew about it was when I got a phone call to say there had been a terrible accident at the top of the road where we live and David wasn't breathing," recalled Mrs Wares.

Her son's friend, 20-year-old David Bexon was later given two years, nine months in youth custody for his role in the crash, after admitting dangerous driving.

At the hearing in March, Mold Crown Court was told that Bexon had been driving at an estimated 95mph in a 30mph zone when the crash happened.

The anti-speed video has been posted onto the YouTube website, after members of the Denbighshire council road safety team were played the song written by close friend Katie Benbow.

It led to a full blown video shoot, featuring Katie and other friends of David.

"I had to write a song for my music coursework, and at the time was around David's death. It was the only thing I could think of writing about," said Katie.

"All my emotion was drawn to what had happened.

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"It's just soul destroying, especially when it was someone so special as David, it was just awful, it was unbearable to think about it."

She not only wrote the song, but also performs it in the film, against a flowing backdrop of black and white images of her friend.

Called 'To Day', the video's title remembers that David Wares was know to his friends as 'Day'.

Katie added: "I hope it makes a difference, I wouldn't want anyone going through what we've all gone through."