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Doug Bolton

Wedding car chauffeur named as victim of Shoreham Airshow crash

Maurice Abrahams, 76, was killed in the crash (Sussex Police/PA)

76-year-old Maurice Abrahams, from Brighton, has been named as one of the victims of the Shoreham Airshow crash.

Mr Abrahams was a wedding limousine chauffeur, and images of the Daimler car he was driving to a wedding at the time of the crash were released shortly after the incident.

Issuing a statement via the police, Mr Abrahams' family said he was a "well-respected and loved father and husband," who "enjoyed his work chauffeuring his beloved Daimler car."

"He was proud to have served in the Grenadier Guards and the Parachute Regiment. He served in Cyprus and Bahrain with the UN. In his 30s he served as a police officer with Hampshire Police."

mauricecar.jpeg Maurice Abrahams, standing with the car he was driving when he was killed He is the fourth person to be named as a victim of the crash, which happened when a vintage Hawker Hunter fighter jet crashed into a busy dual carriageway after failing to pull out of a loop-the-loop maneouvre.

mauriceabrahams.jpeg His family said he was a "well-respected and loved father and husband" Police say that 11 people are "very likely" to have died in the accident, but they have also warned that the final death toll could rise to 20 as investigations at the crash site continue.

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The pilot, Andy Hill, survived the crash and is currently in a medically-induced coma in hospital.

The wreckage of the plane has been removed from the crash site by crane. Police were concerned that more bodies would be found after the removal, but none were revealed.

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