Floral tributes line side of road after fatal crash in Rotherham

“We love and miss you so so much, fly high”

Rows and rows of floral tributes line the side of a road at a crash scene in Rotherham that claimed the lives of three young men.

Brothers Cavan and Shea Reilly - aged 23 and 21 respectively - and their friend Elliott Szczepkowski, 17, died in a single-vehicle collision on Denaby Lane, near Kilnhurst, on Saturday, August 8.

Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash.

Six days on, Denaby Lane is piled high with flowers, cards, balloons and mementos. A wooden board has been raised bearing with the three friends’ names on plaques.

Among the tributes are framed photos of the three young men, and letters from loved ones. One portrait has “to my soulmate” written on it in permanent marker.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call 101, quoting incident number 1,235 of August 8, 2026,

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