At just 23-years-old Laurie Jones had everything to live for. After finishing university in London, she secured a dream job working as a paediatric nurse at the University Hospital of Wales in Heath.
She had big ambitions to one day work in A&E and had applied for a part-time role with the emergency helicopter rescue team. Caring for and helping other people was in her bones from the day she was born, her family said.
But tragically in October 2019, the "gentle soul" from Gelligroes, Pontllanfraith, died after her car left the B4251 in Wyllie. She had been driving home from a 12-hour shift and was less than two minutes away from her family home. After hours of worry and a significant search effort, Laurie's VW Beetle was found submerged in the Sirhowy river. The river is located down a banking just off the road.
