a police community support officer has been left devastated after arriving at the scene of a fatal crash and discovering the 10 year old victim was her nephew pcso lisa crocker, 39, was on duty when she was called to the collision involving her young nephew samuel crocker in crediton, devon the 'generous and kind' schoolboy was knocked down as he walked into the town centre to visit a friend on saturday afternoon he was taken to royal devon and exeter hospital in exeter but later died from his injuries his family said a 'bright light had been extinguished' pcso lisa crocker, 39 (right), was on duty when she was called to the collision involving her young nephew samuel, 10 (left), who was knocked down while walking to meet a friend in crediton, devon, on saturday  cameron trivett, 24, of crediton, has been charged with causing death by careless driving and failing to stop after a collision he will appear at exeter crown court later this month it has now emerged that mrs crocker, who is part of devon and cornwall police's neighbourhood team in crediton, arrived at the scene to discover the victim was her brother's son chief inspector matt lawler said: 'clearly this is an absolute tragedy for the entire family 'no one in the force knew the connection until lisa arrived at the scene and recognised samuel 'there has been a great deal of support locally for lisa and many local people have been asking if she was personally connected to the incident 'in order to allow her to focus on supporting her family, lisa has asked us to confirm her involvement and thereby end the speculation mrs crocker, 39, (pictured) was unaware her young nephew was involved in the collision until she arrived at the scene the youngster later died in hospital  'while she has been inundated with messages, lisa would like everyone to focus on samuel, not on her connection to the events of last saturday' emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at about 130pm on saturday after samuel was struck by the white vauxhall combo van following his death, his family led an outpouring of tributes to him in a statement, they said: 'on saturday afternoon our life was turned upside down when our darling samuel was knocked down while on his way to visit his friend 'later that night the bright light that was samuel was extinguished 'we all miss our little 'mole' so much and can't begin to imagine how we move on from the devastating situation we are in now 'someone so small has left a massive hole that can never be filled, but he will always be remembered for his cheeky, fun loving nature and we are grateful to have had him in our lives, albeit for such a short time' a book of condolence has since been opened at landscore primary school where samuel was a pupil gary read, the school's headteacher, said: 'samuel was a truly decent young boy   honest, attentive, generous, loyal and kind 'to be taken from his family and friends in this way feels incomprehensible' hundreds of people also attended a candle lit vigil at holy cross church on monday in memory of the youngster reverend nigel guthrie, rector of crediton, said: 'we wanted to give people a chance to express their feelings about what happened to samuel samuel was walking to meet a friend in crediton, devon (pictured) when the collision occurred cameron trivett, 24, has been charged with causing death by careless driving and failing to stop after a collision  'it's a huge shock to the whole community as the family are so well known and loved 'there has been a very large response and we hope it can help bring everyone together in the wake of it' the bishop of crediton, rt reverend nick mckinnel, added: 'this is terribly sad news and my heart goes out to the family of this young boy and to his friends at school' terry keen, who lives next door to the crocker family, also paid tribute he said: 'they are a wonderful, local family who have lived here for some time he was a terrific young boy 'we would often see him playing out the back, practising his basketball he was getting very good at it 'he went to landscore school with his older brother we do not know much about what happened' devon and cornwall police confirmed the coroner had been informed of the death sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article
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samuel crocker, 10, was knocked down by van and later died from injuries  his auntie pcso lisa crocker was on duty at time and called to crash site  40 year old was unaware her nephew was crash victim until she attended  schoolboy had been walking into town to meet friend when crash occurred  devastated family said: 'the bright light that was samuel was extinguished'