THE funeral is taking place this afternoon of Macauley Clements, 16, of Carpenter Close, Ixworth.

He was a passenger in a BMW which was involved in a road accident on January 24 on the A14 at Bury St Edmunds.

Macauley, who had attended Thurston Community College, was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, but died the following day.

His friend, 19-year-old Adam Weller, from Weeting, near Brandon, who had been driving the car, died at the scene, and his funeral was held yesterday, at West Suffolk Crematorium.

The service for Macauley is being held at Ixworth Church, in the High Street, at 1.30pm