Tributes to hero schoolboy
Close friends and relatives today paid tribute to the "lively and loving" teenager Harvinder Singh - and revealed how he would have been proud dying to save one of his best friends.For them, the sudden and untimely death of the popular 15-year-old is painfully raw.
It was meant to be a fun-filled weekend in the Lake District, a trip Harvinder (right) and his friends had been looking forward to for weeks.
But the fun soon turned to horror when he, along with his friends Tajinder and Satvir Singh, were tragically killed after enjoying a paddle in a "lethal" lake off Jenkin's Field in Glenridding.
Their deaths have shocked the close-knit Wolverhampton Sikh community to the core.
And their friends and family are still trying to come to terms with the fact that they never got a chance to say goodbye.
Ranjit Jandu, Harvinder's best friend, said: "He was the best friend I have ever had. He would do anything for anyone no matter what. He loved his family and friends to bits.
The 15-year-old, who attended Highfields School in Penn with Harvinder, added: "He was so intelligent and taught me so much.
"He was funny and outgoing and is going to be so missed so much.
"Just to think that we will never see him again.We are all just in shock.
"They were all great friends and they used to practice their martial arts together. They were great lads.
"He died trying to save one of his best friends and he would be proud of that."
Tajinder is pictured right, with Satvir pictured below.
Harvinder's uncle, Surinder Singh, aged 40, said the family were "devastated".
"He was like a son to me. I remember holding him in my arms when he was a tiny baby.
"He was always a really happy boy, smiling all the time, and he had a lot of friends. We can't believe something like this has happened. It is a tragedy."
School teachers revealed Harvinder was due to start a week-long work experience at Wolverhampton's Birmingham Midshires branch today.
"The rest of his year group are out on work experience this week so we will hold a special assembly in his memory when they are back at school.
"We will also be looking at installing a memorial for him at the school which I know is what the children would have wanted.
"Everyone is extremely sad about what has happened and our thoughts are with his family. Nobody should have to go through what they are going through at this moment. It is tragic."
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