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Shoreham air show crash: first three victims named Shoreham air show crash: first three victims named
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Three of the seven people killed in Saturday’s Shoreham air show crash have been identified in reports.Three of the seven people killed in Saturday’s Shoreham air show crash have been identified in reports.
Becky Jones said that her brother Matt, a 24-year-old personal trainer, was one of those who died. Becky Jones said her brother Matt, a 24-year-old personal trainer, was one of those who died.
She wrote on Facebook: “Thank you to everyone who has messaged me. We are devastated to say Matt Jones was one of the fatalities.”She wrote on Facebook: “Thank you to everyone who has messaged me. We are devastated to say Matt Jones was one of the fatalities.”
Two more victims have been named as the Worthing United footballers Matthew Grimstone and Jacob Schilt. Two more victims have been named as the Worthing United footballers Matthew Grimstone and Jacob Schilt. They are thought to have been on their way to play a match against Loxwood FC when they were caught up in the incident.
They are thought to have been on their way to play a match against Loxwood FC when they were caught up in the incident. Grimstone was a goalkeeper with the non-league club, and Schilt played in midfield. The game against Loxwood, which was due to kick off at 3pm at Worthing United’s Robert Albon Memorial ground, was called off.
Grimstone was a goalkeeper with the non-league club, and Schilt played in midfield. Worthing play in the Southern Combination Football League Premier Division, and were division two league and cup winners last season.
The game against Loxwood, which was due to kick off at 3pm at Worthing United’s Robert Albon Memorial ground, was called off. Tracy Stevens, 38, of Shoreham, West Sussex, who attended a church service for the victims of the crash on Sunday morning, said her son knew Grimstone and Schilt. “They were on their way to a match apparently. My son knows Matt and Jacob. He plays for the reserves.”
Worthing United play in the Southern Combination Football League Premier Division, and were division two league and cup winners last season. Airshow visitors who left their cars at Shoreham airport were now able to pick them up, police said.
Tracy Stevens, 38, of Shoreham, who attended a church service for the victims of the crash this morning, said her son knew Grimstone and Schilt. Sussex police said only car owners were able to retrieve their vehicles; it was still not possible to remove vans, people carriers and similar-sized vehicles because of a height restriction on the route from the airport. Motorists were being urged to avoid the A27 in the Shoreham area while investigations into the crash continue.
She said: “They were on their way to a match apparently. My son knows Matt and Jacob. He plays for the reserves. A meeting room for relatives of casualties of the crash set up at Worthing hospital has now closed, police added.
“They were on their way to a match apparently,” she said.
Airshow visitors who left their cars at Shoreham airport are now able to pick them up, police have said.
Sussex police said only car owners are able to retrieve their vehicles, but that it was still not possible to remove vans, people carriers and other similar sized vehicles because of a height restriction on the route away from the airport.
Motorists are being urged to avoid the A27 in the Shoreham area while investigations into the crash continue.
A meeting room for relatives of casualties of the crash set up at Worthing Hospital has now closed, police added.