Darren Lee Green

This page was made and wrote by Louise, who then handed the details over to Darren's family.

This site is dedicated to a kind-hearted, funny, caring, wonderful young man, who touched many peoples lives in different ways. Please take the time to read through the many messages and look through the photos, and leave your own tributes.

Darren Lee Green was born in Hartlepool on the 12th April 1990, to parents Amanda and Mark, who then went on to give Darren a sister, Katie, and a Brother, Karl.

Darren attended Kingsley Primary School, Brierton Community School, and Hartlepool Sixth Form College, and had high hopes of becoming a Police Officer. He met his girlfriend Alley in 2005, and they began dating on the 23rd March 2006.

Darren was tragically killed in a road accident at Tees Road on the 13th May 2008, aged just 18 years, leaving behind his parents, grandparents, great grandparents, a brother and sister, cousins, Auntie's, Uncle's, a girlfriend, friends and 2 Cats - who are all struggling to come to terms with this great loss.

"I'm looking at you through the glass, don't know how much time has passed, and all I know is that it feels like forever, but no one ever tells you that forever feels like home, sitting all alone inside your head."

Darren, you're loved and longed for every day, the stars will always shine for you.


Below are some cuttings from newspapers published at the time of his death.

Darren, treasured and most loved son of Mark & Mandy Green, Loved older brother of Katie & Karl.
Darren was killed when his Peugeot car was in a collision with a Vauxhall van on Tuesday night.
Emergency services said the teenager was alone in the car at the time.
Despite desperate attempts by fire crews and paramedics to revive the injured youngster, he was declared dead at the scene.
The driver of the van, a 40-year-old man from County Durham, was treated for shock at the scene before being taken to the University Hospital of North Tees from where he was later released.

Darren's distraught parents, Amanda and Mark, led the family tributes to the talented student, describing him as a "wonderful son".
Teachers and school pals at Hartlepool Sixth Form College left floral tributes at the scene of the crash outside the Mayfair Centre, Seaton Carew.

THE girlfriend of a teenager killed in a crash just four weeks after his 18th birthday today told how the pair were "totally in love".
Alley Cronin, 17, said she would never forget Darren Green, the love of her life who was snatched away from her.
The tragedy has left his family devastated and a college in mourning.
Today, girlfriend Alley spoke of her love for Darren and how he will always live in her memory.
Alley, who had been dating Darren for two years, told the Mail: "He was a lovely boy. He always had everybody's best interests at heart.
"I loved him and I will always be thinking about him.
"We were totally in love. He was a big part of my life and he will be hugely missed."
Alley, from the Clavering area of town, who also attends Hartlepool Sixth Form College added: "I will remember the way he always used to make me laugh." His distraught parents, Amanda and Mark, have been too upset to speak about the tragedy. But friends and school bosses came forward to talk of the student they classed as a 'role model'.
Girlfriend Alley, 17, attended Hartlepool Sixth Form College with her devoted boyfriend, where school bosses spoke of him in glowing terms.
He was due to sit his A-Levels this summer and had plans to join the police force.

THE heartbroken girlfriend of crash victim Darren Green has told how the lovestruck teenagers had planned to spend the rest of their lives together.
Distraught Alley Cronin has opened her heart to the Mail telling how her and her love were planning a romantic trip abroad later this year, when Darren was going to pop the question.
She told the Mail how her life was now empty without her boyfriend who died late on Tuesday night after the silver Peugeot car he was travelling in was in collision with a white Vauxhall van outside the Mayfair Centre, Seaton Carew.
Alley, 17, from the Clavering area of town, told how the young couple, who studied together at Hartlepool Sixth Form College, were planning a trip to Helsinki, Finland.
She said: "I turn 18 on October 28 this year and I've always wanted to go to Helsinki to see the Northern Lights, and Darren was going to take me for my birthday and propose.
"We talked about a future together and now he's gone I don't know what I'm going to do without him."
Darren, who was the sole occupant of the car, was due to sit his A levels in psychology, law and sociology this summer.
Darren, of Ventnor Avenue, Hartlepool, had been dating Alley for two years.
She said: "I just want him to know that I miss him and I love him so much, and I always will do.
"Everything I do reminds me of him and I just wish there was something I could have done to stop him going out that night, I wish he wasn't by himself and that I was with him. I'd do anything to trade places with him."
Since the tragedy, the Mail has been inundated with touching tributes from family and friends as well as education bosses who have spoken of the tragic loss of such a promising boy.
Brave Alley, who is in the lower sixth and studies sociology, psychology, art and English, found the strength to attend college yesterday and sit her own AS level exams.
She said: "There's not a day goes by when I don't think of him, and I hate lying in bed on a night and knowing he's gone and not coming back.
"All I want to do is hold his hand again and tell him how much I love him, how happy he made me and how perfect he made my life.
"I'm grateful to his family, especially Mark and Mandy, for still wanting to have me in their lives after this tragic loss."

Tributes have been placed by people who did not know Darren and his family but who have suffered loss themselves.
One read: "I didn't know your precious child but I am sure the memories are and always will be purely beautiful."
An inquest into Darren's death is to open on Monday.

"He turned 18 just last month. He was a keen skateboarder and was very good at karate.
"He was a very popular boy and will be sorely missed by all of his friends at the college. He was devoted to his girlfriend.
She and the whole family are devastated to lose him."

Girlfriend Alley told how she will never forget the boy who made her laugh.
She said: "We were totally in love. He was a big part of my life and he will be hugely missed."
He was really funny, I will hold that close to me."

Education bosses also paid tribute to the student who they called a "role model".
Pupils at Hartlepool Sixth Form College have been offered counselling in the wake of the their peer's death.
Principal Rick Wells, who taught Darren last year, said: "The pain of his loss will take a long time to heal. Darren was a great lad and near to successfully completing his second year here and was about to sit A levels in psychology, law and sociology.
"He was quiet, thoughtful and dependable – a good role model in many respects for all our other students.
"He had a very bright future ahead of him, but he had already achieved a lot in his tragically short life."
Mr Wells said that Darren was "ideal" for a career in the police.
He said: "He would have made a good policeman and it's a tragedy that so much potential is gone."
Darren had a dry sense of humour, said Mr Wells, and was dedicated and interested in lessons.
He added: "Students, staff and I am shocked by the news of his death and our thoughts are with his parents at this time – we are all thinking about them and praying that they will find the strength to cope with this devastating loss."
He added: "His unique quirks and cheeky grin will ensure we remember him forever."
Education chiefs from Brierton Community School, where Darren studied for five years, also paid tribute to the youngster.
Deputy head Colin Reid said: "Everybody I have talked to who came into contact with Darren have lots of good things to say about him. He was well-liked, it's very very sad."
Darren's sister, Katie Green, 15, remains a Year 11 pupil at the school.
Mr Reid added: "We will be talking to the Year 11 students today at the end of school and I will be contacting the parents to let them know that if there's anything that we can do to help support Katie, they only have to let us know."

An ever-growing list of emotional messages are being placed on the Mail's online Book of Condolences which paint a picture of the promising teenager who died just weeks after celebrating his 18th birthday.