The first of four funerals held for the victims of the fatal road traffic collision in Derry Hill took place this afternoon. Calne fell silent to pay their final respects to Ryan Nelson as the cortège passed through the centre of town.
Ryan Nelson's family arranged for the cortège to pass through the town on the way to the funeral to allow residents to say goodbye.
The procession passed the Town Hall just after 2pm and then made it's way through town, up toward Tesco where Ryan worked and then on to the funeral.
The streets were lined with well wishers who fell silent as the cars passed through.
The original plan to play Ryan's music publicly at the funeral had to be cancelled after the mass gathering limit was cut from 30 people to six, but his family played it loudly from their car with the windows down.
Ryan was one of four friends who lost their lives in a horrendous RTC at the end of August. All four young men; Ryan, 20, Corey Owen,19, Matthew Parke, 19 and Jordan Rawlings,20 died at the scene following a collision on the A4 at Derry Hill at approximately 3am on Sunday 16th August.
A celebration of Ryan's life was to be held after the service which was invitation only to ensure the event adhered to current Covid-19 regulations.
If anyone would like to make donations in Ryan's memory, his family have chosen Wiltshire Air Ambulance, and these can be given c/o Johnson and Daltrey Independent Funeral Directors, in Calne.
