‘Heartbroken’ wife of England rugby star Tom Voyce pays devastating tribute after his death

ok.co.uk:

The heartbroken widow of former England rugby star Tom Voyce has spoken out about the overwhelming support they've received since he was swept away while driving across a swollen river.The 43 year old's car was washed away crossing a ford on the River Aln near Alnwick, Northumberland, last weekend during Storm Darragh.

After days of intensive searches, a body was found in the river on Thursday, several hundred metres downstream from the ford.The body has now been officially confirmed to be that of Mr Voyce.

His wife Anna has expressed her devastation in a statement, saying: "Absolutely devastated and heartbroken doesn’t even describe how we feel." "My main focus now is our son Oscar, having done what he asked, ‘find Daddy’." “All of Tom’s family were involved in the search.

I will be forever grateful to my brothers Hugh and Jamie, Aidan Philipson and Garry Whitfield for co-ordinating the search party working alongside the police teams. “Tom would be blown away by the amount of people that were out there helping.