Bridgnorth cave roof collapse: Tributes paid to teen
FRIENDS of a teenager who was killed when a cave roof collapsed at Bridgnorth have set up internet sites paying tributes to a “great friend and amazing rugby player”.
Aiden Peter Brookes, aged 16, of Paulbrook Road, Bridgnorth, died despite desperate efforts by friends and paramedics to save him.
Friends said Aiden was hit in the chest by a 3ft boulder and they had tried to revive him using mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
He was pronounced dead at the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford, following the incident at Hermitage Caves, off Lodge Lane, Bridgnorth shortly after 2am yesterday.
A second teenager, an 18-year-old girl, was also injured and remains in hospital in a stable condition.
More than 800 have joined two Facebook groups to pay tribute to Aiden, who was a pupil at Oldbury Wells School.
