A TRAGIC teenager who was killed in a car accident should have been celebrating A level success.

Suzanne Preen, from High Grange, Crook, died just weeks after sitting her A level exams at Wolsingham School, not knowing whether she had achieved the results she needed to go to university.

Last week the 18-year-old's devastated parents, Jean, 47, and Chris, 51, were given the news of their daughter's success as other teenagers received their results throughout the country.

Her mother Jean, said: "She was really worried about it. She put in the effort and really worked hard.

"She was concerned that she would have to go through clearing but she has done really well. I think she would have been delighted. I am extremely proud of her.''

Suzie, as her friends and family called her, was looking forward to doing a business degree involving computer technology at Northumbria University.

To fulfil her ambition she needed a grade C in English A level, which she achieved.

She also gained a merit for Advanced GNVQ in business and an E for AS level psychology.

Suzie died when her Ford Fiesta car left the road as she approached the Pity Me roundabout on the A167, near Durham, hitting a steel fence and trees, on Friday, July 6. She suffered multiple injuries.

Headteacher at Wolsingham Comprehensive, Mitch O'Reilly paid tribute to the bright and popular teenager.

She said: "She got exactly what she needed to get into university. It was a sad phone call to make to her parents but she got excellent results just as we expected she would.''