The brother of missing 18-year-old Declan Berry has revealed that the teenager was set to “fulfil his dreams” before the fatal river crash.
Searches continue for Declan, who was driving his beloved blue VW Polo at the time of the crash in the River Nene at North Brink, near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on March 17.
His family are continuing their riverside vigil for the young man as search teams continue looking for the teenager.
Our reporter, Sarah Cliss, attended the scene today and spoke with Declan’s older brother, Connor, as he and some of the missing teen’s friends looked at the dozens of floral tributes being left on the riverbank.
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He said that his younger brother was “full of life and always joking”.
“Declan had a great sense of humour and loved his car”, he said.
The 18-year-old had just passed his driving test and planned to carry out some improvement work on his VW Polo.
Connor said that Declan came from a “hard-working family”, and that his younger brother would join him on the job.
The pair had an extremely close bond, and Connor said that when Declan spent three days in Birmingham for an army recruitment trial, it was “the longest three days” as he really missed him and they spoke every day on the phone.
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Connor said that Declan was planning to join the army this summer to “fulfil his dreams”.
“I spent a lot of time with Declan. He worked with me on my gardening business that I started when I was 13. I was helping him to mature and become an adult,” said Connor.
The older brother hoped that, one day, Declan would find a girlfriend, settle down and have a family of his own.
The Berry family have plans to create a memorial on the riverbank for Declan, with Connor planning to create a platform with a seat to sit, contemplate and remember Declan and Eden Bunn, a 16-year-old girl from Wisbech, who was killed in the crash.
Declan’s mother and one of his sisters, Sophie, were at the riverside looking at the tributes to Declan while they awaited news on the 18-year-old.
Some of Declan’s college friends, as well as one of his oldest school friends, were also at the scene today.
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