HUNDREDS of devastated friends will pay an emotional tribute to two teenage girls killed in an horrific road smash during a memorial being planned for this weekend.

More than 350 people have already pledged to turn out to pay their respects to best friends Lily Butterfield-Godwin and Abbey Rogers who died at the scene of the crash.

The girls, who shared the same birthday and were both 19, were passengers in a car which ploughed into a wall in Gosport Lane, Lyndhurst, at 12.01am on Saturday.

Their deaths have rocked the local community and now a public memorial is being planned for family, friends and well-wishers to pay their respects.

The event, which has been publicised through a Facebook site and aims to celebrate the lives of former Hounsdown pupils Abbey and Lily, will include a minute’s silence followed by the release of two balloons at Bolton's Bench in the town.

Mourners are being invited to write messages to hang from a tree.

Mark Rollé, chairman of Lyndhurst Parish Council, said the village has been shocked by the incident.

He said: “Words at this time do fall desperately short in portraying the sense of loss felt by so many in the village after this weekend's tragedy.

“To lose any loved one is terrible but to lose two such young and vibrant souls is just beyond anything one would wish to comprehend.

“Abbey and Lily were known to so many in the village through close friendships and more distant connections – they were very much part of the village.”

The 21-year-old male driver of the car, a Mazda RX8, and a 19-year-old female passenger both remain in hospital where they are being treated for serious injuries.

Flowers and candles have been left at the site of the fatal crash, while a service was held at St Michael and All Angels Church with Rev James Bruce, vicar of the church, describing a “cloud” hanging over the ceremony.