Tributes to Birmingham crash victim

Devastated friends and relatives today paid tribute to young car crash victim Terri Bowater.

Miss Bowater, aged 20 of Tipton, was front-seat passenger in a silver Mitsubishi Lancer that lost control and hit a concrete bollard and metal railings in Birmingham.

More than 920 people have now joined an online tribute group for her on social networking site Facebook. Friend Samantha Louise Reeves said: "It still doesn't seem real.

"You touched the hearts of so many. You're young, beautiful and had the life you lived to the max ahead of you."

Jackie Taylor added: "You're one girl that's going to be missed so much."

The crash happened in Golden Hillock Road, Small Heath, on Friday.

Another female passenger is in hospital with leg injuries and a 40-year-old Solihull man charged with causing death by dangerous driving and failing to provide a specimen, was due to appear in court in Birmingham today.