Folkestone: Family and friends release balloons in memory of crash victim

Family and friends gathered in Folkestone to release balloons in memory of Alisha Ponter

The family of a 16-year-old girl who died in a car crash has released balloons in Folkestone in her memory.

Alisha Marie Ponter was a passenger in a car that hit a road barrier and overturned on the A249.

The accident, which involved no other vehicles, happened on the road towards Sittingbourne near Maidstone on Saturday.

On Wednesday family and friends gathered at Sunny Sands in an event her father said she "would have loved".

Luke Ponter said: "It's just nice to see all these people turn up to show their respects.

"It's perfect, she would have loved it."

Alisha's mother, Cody Marie Hobman, described the 16-year-old as the "light of our lives".

A 15-year-old boy, also injured in the crash, remains in a critical condition, a Kent Police spokesman said.

A 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of causing by death by dangerous driving.

He was treated in hospital for minor injuries and later bailed.

The crash involving a Toyota Hillux happened close to the junction with Church Hill.

Kent Police continue to appeal for information regarding the crash.

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