FAMILY TALK OF PAIN OVER KATELYN DEATH
FAMILY ISSUE STATEMENT OVER LOSS OF ‘BEAUTIFUL’ KATELYN
THE heartbroken family of teenager Katelyn Dawson have talked about the terrible pain of their loss.
The 15-year-old died in hospital on Wednesday after a BMW car ploughed into a bus stop on Wakefield Road in Moldgreen. Katelyn was waiting to catch a bus to Shelley College where she was a Year 11 pupil.
In a statement issued yesterday afternoon Katelyn’s family said: “We are devastated at the loss of our beautiful Katelyn and it is no exaggeration to say words cannot describe the pain we are all feeling.
“We want to thank those who have shown such love and support at this awful time and now ask that we are given some privacy to grieve as we try to come to terms with the magnitude of our loss.”
Two others were badly hurt in the accident which happened at 8.15am – 47-year-old Christine Crawshaw and a 17-year-old another Shelley College pupil.
They are described as being in stable conditions in hospital.
The 51-year-old BMW driver was allowed home after hospital treatment.
A police investigation is underway to find out how the accident happened and officers have this afternoon renewed their appeal for witnesses to come forward.
The grey BMW 5 series was travelling away from Huddersfield when it hit the bus shelter.
Anyone who saw the accident who has not yet come forward with Information should contact the Major Collision and Enquiry Team via 101 quoting 13180014977.