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Tom Gamble had just embarked on his dream career with the Royal Air Force
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Tom Gamble was only months into his RAF career
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Teenager who died after car overturned in a ditch on rural road in Leicestershire named
The 18-year-old was a passenger in the vehicle
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Police are appealing for witnesses to the fatal crash which claimed the life of 18-year-old Thomas Gamble, from Broughton Astley (Image: Getty Images)
A teenager who died after the car he was travelling in crashed and overturned in a ditch on a rural road in Leicestershire has been named by police.
Thomas Gamble, from Broughton Astley, was a passenger in a Ford Fiesta being driven along Willoughby Road, just outside the village of Willoughby Waterleys, in Harborough district, on Sunday, December 20.
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The teenager died in hospital overnight
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The fatal crash happened outside the village of Willoughby Waterleys, in Harborough district
The victim of a fatal crash where a car overturned in a ditch on a rural road in Leicestershire was just 18, it has been confirmed by police.
The teenager died in hospital overnight following the single-vehicle collision outside the small village of Willoughby Waterleys, in Harborough district, yesterday afternoon (Sunday December 20).
He was a front seat passenger in a Ford Fiesta travelling along Willoughby Road, a mile or so south of Cosby and Countesthorpe, when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
Man dies after car crashes and overturns in a ditch on rural road in Leicestershire
The deceased was one of four passengers in a Ford Fiesta
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The casualty was airlifted to the major trauma unit at the University Hospital of Coventry, at Walsgrave, where is has been confirmed he sadly died
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