Dozens have taken to social media to pay their condolences to crash victim Sami Achour.
Police have confirmed the 17-year-old former Saddleworth School student, from Diggle, was killed on Sunday afternoon in a pile-up on the A635 Greenfield Road out of Holmfirth.
He was a passenger in a VW polo which was one of four vehicles involved in the crash.
The pile-up prompted a massive rescue effort by the emergency services, with a fleet of ambulances, fire engines and police cars racing to the scene.
Two Air Ambulances, from Yorkshire and the North West, were called in to fly two other seriously-injured people to hospital in Leeds. One of them, a teenage girl, remains “seriously ill” in hospital with back injuries.
Tributes to Sami included:
Sophie May Heald: Sami you were like a little brother to me, you practically lived in our house, you were part of the family. I made you feel sufficiently awkward on many occasions like a big sister would but you always seems to laugh & see the funny side. You never said much but like that post you shared you didn’t have to & that was just you, which we appreciated.
Harry Smith: Rip Sami Achour we didn’t speak much in our first years but at the end where great memories of us all u will be dearly missed and gone to soon Bro shout out to family and friends who will miss sami and know he’s still with us in our hearts
Euan Gray: Rest in peace Sami x
Jack Sumner: R.I.P xox
Olivia Lord: RIP ill miss talking to you, such a bright lad x
Daniel Jones: R.I.P Sami will be missed by so many
Damien Brierley: Rip Sami you was like a brother to me love you
Andrew Rafferty: R.I.P going to miss you such a sad way to to remembering all our party’s together having one long party now ❤
Al Gamble: Lov you bro
Bronwyn Robinson:Rip Sami, gone but never forgotten
