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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 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. 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. | |
Worthing play in the Southern Combination Football League Premier Division, and were division two league and cup winners last season. | |
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.” | |
Airshow visitors who left their cars at Shoreham airport were now able to pick them up, police said. | |
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. | |
A meeting room for relatives of casualties of the crash set up at Worthing hospital has now closed, police added. | |