Teen in fatal crash was due to start Naval College

Harriet Heywood
BBC News, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire Police Morgan James Robert Swann is standing against a brick wall while wearing a black suit, white shirt and red bow tie. He has ginger hair and some facial hair. Cambridgeshire Police
Morgan James Robert Swann was fatally injured in the crash on Tuesday night. Three other people in the same car were seriously injured

A teenager who died in a crash was awaiting a start date to pursue his dream career as a submariner, his family said.

Morgan James Robert Swann sustained fatal injuries in a multiple vehicle crash on the eastbound carriageway of the A14 in Horningsea, Cambridgeshire, on 22 April.

A family tribute to the 19-year-old from Spalding, Lincolnshire, said he had passed his interviews and assessments to secure a place at Britannia Royal Naval College.

Following the incident, a lorry driver, a 38-year-old man from Cambridge, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Harriet Heywood/BBC View of the A14 from a footbridge over it. The carriageway to the left it completely empty. The opposite carriageway is open to vehicles and cars are traveling down it.  Harriet Heywood/BBC
The A14 was closed eastbound between junctions 34 and 35 at about 22:00 BST, and did not reopen until about 20:00 the following day

The family of Morgan James Robert Swann said their world would never be the same.

"Our beautiful son was taken from us at the tender age of 19," a tribute said.

"He is utterly adored by his parents, Mark and Sonia, his three sisters, Georgia, Ellie and Scarlett, as well as grandparents, uncles, auntie, cousins and godparents, and so loved by his many, many friends.

"Morgan had passed all his interviews and assessments to secure a place at Britannia Royal Naval College as a Cadet Officer and follow a career as a submariner. He was awaiting a start date to pursue his dream.

"We are so proud of him."

Emergency services were called to the incident at 21:25 BST.

The A14 was closed eastbound between junctions 34 and 35 until about 20:00 the following day.

Police said one person sustained fatal injuries and three other people in the same car suffered serious injuries.

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