{"id":484659,"date":"2026-03-19T21:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/484659\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T21:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:10:13","slug":"family-pays-tribute-to-kindest-teenage-girl-after-car-crashes-into-river-as-man-still-missing-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/484659\/","title":{"rendered":"Family pays tribute to &#8216;kindest&#8217; teenage girl after car crashes into river &#8211; as man still missing | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The family of a 16-year-old who was killed after a car crashed into a river in Cambridgeshire has paid tribute, calling her the &#8220;kindest, most loving girl&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Eden Bunn was among five people in a blue VW Polo, which veered off the road into the River Nene near Wisbech at about 8.20pm on Tuesday. Her body was <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/girls-body-found-after-car-carrying-five-teenagers-crashes-into-river-13521425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recovered by divers on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Searches are continuing for 18-year-old Declan Berry, from Wisbech, who is believed to have been driving the car. His family and friends said they were &#8220;absolutely devastated beyond words&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Police said three other people in the vehicle managed to get out and were taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King&#8217;s Lynn with non-life threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews-declan-berry-cambridgeshire_7197598.jpg\"   alt=\"Declan Berry. Pic: Cambridgeshire Police\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Declan Berry. Pic: Cambridgeshire Police<\/p>\n<p>Among the three, a 16-year-old girl and a man aged 18 have since been discharged, while another 16-year-old girl remained in hospital on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Bunn, from Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, was believed to be a rear-seat passenger when the collision happened.<\/p>\n<p>In a tribute, her parents, Lisa and Dean, her brother Jay, sister Shelby and nephew Axl said: &#8220;Eden was the kindest, most loving girl we could ever wish for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her horses &#8211; Daisy and Dolly &#8211; were her world, and she was ours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Words cannot describe the tragedy that will stay with us until we are able to meet her again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews-eden-horse_7197545.jpg\"   alt=\"Eden on one of her horses. Pic: Cambridgeshire Police\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Eden on one of her horses. Pic: Cambridgeshire Police<\/p>\n<p>Read more from Sky News:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/teenage-boy-dies-after-blaze-in-flat-next-to-fire-station-13513977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Teenage boy dies after blaze near fire station<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/incredibly-brave-man-traps-armed-robber-inside-shop-he-tried-to-raid-13521653\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Incredibly brave&#8217; man traps armed robber inside shop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was travelling south on North Brink in Wisbech St Mary&#8217;s when it left the road.<\/p>\n<p>At least a dozen emergency services personnel and a white forensic tent could be seen on the riverbank on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Inspector Craig Wheeler, from Cambridgeshire Police, said the search for Mr Berry &#8220;could be a timely process&#8221; due to the &#8220;challenging nature of the river&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Wheeler said: &#8220;This is a truly devastating collision, for all involved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My thoughts are with the friends and family of Eden and Declan during this truly horrific time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our investigation is at an early stage but I would appeal to anyone who may have seen the collision or the blue VW Polo in the Wisbech area between 7pm and 8.20pm on Tuesday to contact police.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of a 16-year-old who was killed after a car crashed into a river in Cambridgeshire has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-484659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}