TRIBUTES have been paid to a young man who died in a road smash on the A38 near Chudleigh.

Tom Demaine, 22, from Saltash, died when his silver Ford Focus left the road and ploughed into a clump of trees between the two Chudleigh junctions early on September 16.

Police are still appealing for witnesses to come forward. The accident happened on the Plymouth-bound carriageway at 12.15am. Anyone with information should ring police on 101, quoting log 13 of September 16.

A family spokesman described Mr Demaine as a “most generous, kind, intelligent and funny young man.”

The spokesman added: ’Tom was a very special person to many more than just his family. Over his very short 22 years he touched so many people – young and old. All who knew him were so proud to see that he was the first of his siblings to graduate and then the first to get himself a job.

’He joined B&M in Liskeard in February 2015 as a temporary job, but loved it so much and saw so much potential in the job and felt so rewarded by working with his colleagues there, that he was determined to make a career in the retail sector.

’This made full use of his ability to work with people. Tom had innate charm.’