In your weekend edition (Saturday, April 22) two reporters on three pages covered the fatal road accident in Stockton Lane, York.

I suggest that the article was woefully unbalanced.

On first reading, it appeared to be an obituary for two paragons of York youth who, through some natural disaster or act of a Machiavellian god, had met their early deaths, along with a third person.

There was not a hint of censure for a totally illegal and thoroughly reprehensible adventure with tragic, yet predictable, consequences.

What message does this send to the youth of York?

Roy Turgoose,

Priory Street, York.

Editor's note: It is not for The Press at this stage to apportion blame for the accident. That is a matter for the police investigation and coroner's inquest which will inevitably follow and will be reported fully by us. Until then, we are reflecting on the heartache and public outpouring of grief in the aftermath of a tragedy involving one of our own van drivers and two teenage boys who, regardless of any blame, will be missed by their families, friends and school mates.

Updated: 09:54 Wednesday, April 26, 2006