FAMILY and friends have said an emotional farewell to a much loved young husband and father who died in a crash involving a fire engine.
Darren Harvey's funeral today at Wessex Vale Crematorium reflected on those he loved but also his love of cars with specially chosen themed music and a Ford logo floral tribute.
There were also poignant floral tributes reading 'son' and 'dad'.
More than 100 people attended the service in West End and many reflected the family's wishes for mourners to wear some blue item of clothing to reflect Darren's love of Ford cars.
As previously reported, the 25-year-old mechanic, of Portsmouth Road, Woolston, died in the collision with a fire engine returning from an emergency call out on the A337 between Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst at around 11pm on August 22.
The father-of-two had only been married to wife Becki, 22, for seven weeks.
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