A VIGIL has been maintained every day in the road where a teenage motorcyclist was killed two months ago, with his mother saying the support from his friends has helped the family immensely.

Flowers, messages and candles have been kept near the Rye Lido in High Wycombe where 18-year-old Lloyd Mitchell died in September, following a collision with a car.

His mother, Paula Nathan, visits the area three times a day and a group usually meet in the evenings to light candles and remember the youngster.

Lloyd, who worked for Biffa, was travelling back to his home in Bowerdean Road, when he collided with a Toyota estate car and sadly died at the scene.

Since his death, the junction of Chestnut Avenue and Bassetsbury Lane, where the collision occurred, has been turned into a glowing tribute.

Miss Nathan said: “His friends have been so supportive, I really could not have asked for more.

“He was such a popular person, I didn’t quite realise just how many people he knew until afterwards, but I am very grateful for all of the kindness shown by them.

“The tribute started pretty much as soon as it happened and we always have a lot of people here.

“I always go in the morning and then sometimes at lunchtimes and when we go in the evening we light all of the candles.”

She added: “We have had so much support it is a shock really, his friends still quite often come around to our house and see us.

“They all used to come over at weekends and have fun in Lloyd’s shed in the garden; they would play Xbox and have a few drinks. They would just have fun.”

Miss Nathan has also said her Lloyd’s three siblings and the rest of the family are looking into starting a petition over concerns for the safety of the road.

She said: “We are working towards starting a petition too as I have been there a few times when there have been near misses.

“Once a bike was coming down the road and it skidded, which really shocked me.

“There are a lot of potholes too and only one give-way sign, plus when there are four cars at all the different junctions it causes chaos as people get confused about who should be going.”

The family have also arranged for a new memoriam bench to be placed on the Rye, opposite where the accident happened.

They are hopeful that once the commemorative bench arrives they can mark his life with a formal tribute.

A neighbour, who did not want to be named but lives near the tribute, believes it is nice for somewhere for his friends to pay their respects.

He said: “By looking at the tribute it goes to show what a popular person he must have been.

“I think it is a respectful thing to do during what is obviously a very sad time for the people involved.”