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18-year-old musician among the three dead after Bestival crash

Michael Molloy among three dead after tragedy

 

18-year-old musician among the three dead after Bestival crash

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18-year-old teen Michael Molloy has been named as one of the three festival goers who were killed in a bus crash after last weekend's Bestival on the Isle of Wight.

Molloy, an aspiring musician, had enjoyed a weekend at the festival with friends, but was tragically killed when the coach he was travelling in overturned close to Hindhead, Surry.

The driver of the bus, Colin Daulby, 63, was also killed in the impact. A third person was also killed in the incident but has yet to be named. 50 people were injured in the crash, which took place at 11.50pm on Monday night.

Eleven people remain in hospital, with some having suffered what police have described as 'life-changing' injuries.

Molloy had described the bus he travelled to the festival last week in as a 'party coach', tweeting: "On a party coach on the way to bestival got a sick week ahead £partytime."

One festival goer told Gigwise of chaos trying to board coaches to leave the event on the Monday following the event, claiming that site staff were unhelpful as people attempted to make their way to the Isle of Wight ferries on the waiting coaches.

Another man was found dead in his camper van at the festival on the weekend. The man's body was found at 11.20pm on the Saturday night. Police are not treating the death as suspicious.

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