A STAGGERING £16,000 has been raised in just a couple of days after the tragic death of a six-month-old baby and her 22-year-old aunt in a horror crash on the A487 near Gellilydan.

The infant’s mother, Sioned Williams, who was driving when the tragic incident occurred, is still in a critical condition in Royal Stoke Hospital.

Baby Mili Wyn Ginniver, from Blaenau Ffestiniog, and Anna Williams, from Penrhyndeudraeth, died after their car was in collision with a lorry last Thursday.

Since the tragic news was announced the local community - and sympathetic well-wishers from further afield - have raised an astonishing £16,000 to help “ease the financial burden” for the heartbroken family.

A candlelit vigil was held in Porthmadog on Monday evening and another is planned for this evening (Thursday) in Penrhyndeudraeth’s Millennium Park at 6.30pm.

Read the full story in today’s north editions of the Cambrian News