'Bubbly' Gemma, 20, fondly remembered

Gemma Lee, who grew up in Bexhill, was one of the victims of the double-fatal crash at Selmeston last week.

Gemma had five brothers and three sisters.

A family member said: "She was a very happy and loving girl who spent a great deal of time with family and friends. She will be sadly missd by all who knew her."

Gemma -a floristry student at Plumpton College - had moved to Southwater Road in St Leonards and worked part-time in Dorothy Marchant's flower shop in Western Road, Bexhill.

She was a former pupil of St Richard's Catholic College.

This week principal Tony Campbell said: "It is very sad. Gemma Lee was a young lady who always had a smile on her face. She was very helpful to everyone around her, always caring for other people.

"The staff at St Richard's who were here at the same time as her are very upset by the way she has passed away. Our sympathies and condolences are with the family, and prayers have been said in the community for both Gemma and her family."

"We have very genuine feelings; she was a really, really nice girl."

Gemma had been a passenger in the Fiat Seicento driven by her boyfriend when it was involved in a four-vehicle collision on the A27 between Eastbourne and Lewes.

The other person killed in the crash was Jessica Lea, 22, from Cirencester in Gloucestershire, who was studying at Brighton University.

She had been driving a Renault Clio and died on Wednesday last week, having been taken by helicopter to Eastbourne District General Hospital.

Six other people were involved in the accident all described as "minor" casualties.

The driver of a Ford Transit Luton van, a 22-year-old man from Worthing - was arrested soon after the collision in connection with causing death by dangerous driving.

Any witnesses with information about the incident are asked to contact Sgt Paul Masterson on 0845 60 70 999, quoting Operation Glencat.