A SEA of flowers have been left at the spot where two Blackburn College students died in a crash.

Friends and relatives have been leaving the floral tributes at the side of the Grane Road at Belthorn since Gareth Edwards, inset left, and Joseph Slupski, right, were killed in the three-vehicle smash.

Gareth, 19, of Downgreen Road and passenger Joseph, 17, of Appledore Drive, both Harwood, near Bolton, were identified by their dental records.

The accident happened at 9am last Thursday as the teenagers travelled towards Blackburn.

Joseph, an apprentice mechanic, was on a course at college-run Blackburn Technology Management Centre. Gareth was on an HND course in sports studies.

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