THE devastated families of car crash victims Toby Baldwin and Ian Burt have this week paid tribute to their beloved, smiling sons who will be missed by many.

Mr Baldwin, 23, of Summers Road, Broad Hinton, and Mr Burt, 27, of Tintagel Close, Toothill, Swindon, both died following the crash at Hay Lane, near Salthrop, on Friday night.

The two men were travelling in different directions along the road close to junction 16 of the M4.

Mr Baldwin had been driving to the home he shared with his parents Caroline and Keith and his 17-year-old brother Thomas after visiting his girlfriend.

This week heartbroken Mrs Baldwin said her son lived up to the notice on his bedroom door that read: Make the most of each day.

"He was just a great kid. He lived life to the full and we're absolutely devastated," she said.

Mr Baldwin had attended the village school before moving on to the Ridgeway School in Wroughton.

After leaving university he worked in the technology department of Nationwide's Swindon HQ and also as a weekend supervisor for the Sainsbury's store in the Brunel centre.

Mrs Baldwin said: "Toby was such a hard-working kid and had worked at Sainsbury's since the age of 16.

"He was full of energy, as thin as a rake and ate like a horse.

"He loved playing guitar and he was always going off to see gigs with his friends.

"We always worried about all the miles he was covering on the motorways and then this happens so close to home.

"It's so quiet in the house now. There's no music being played."

Mrs Baldwin, who had to identify her son on Monday, described him as a homely boy who had joked that he was never going to leave home.

"He studied computer science at Bristol University but after the first three weeks he decided he wanted to live at home and catch the train to uni instead," she said.

The parents and four sisters of Mr Burt, a former landscape gardener, have been inundated with messages of condolence from well wishers.

His sister Georgina, 29, of Bloomsbury Close, Freshbrook, said: "As a family we are very, very distressed but there has been an unbelievable amount of people coming up to us offering support.

"He was a West Swindon boy and we can't go anywhere without someone coming up to us and telling us their feelings.

"He was so popular. He was a great mate to a lot of people. He is just going to be so missed."

Mr Burt leaves a three-year-old son Brendon whose mother Jo Walters, 25, of Freshbrook, said in a message to him: "I love you so much, I am heartbroken. You will live forever in our hearts and minds and I will see you when I get there."

Elder sister Georgina said: "He was such a loving and devoted father. His little boy was his world."

Mr Burt lived with his mother Julie, a sister at Swindon's Great Western Hospital. She said: "The last thing we did together properly was watch the Champions League games last Wednesday.

"He wanted to watch Liverpool and I wanted to watch Arsenal so we had to keep flicking between the two.

"I've got four girls but he was my only boy and it was always me and my boy. He was a mummy's boy and he wouldn't mind me saying that."

Mr Burt's father Kevin thanked those who have offered their support, saying: "Me and my girls are devastated. Our hearts go out to Toby's family, too.

"Ian is going to be missed by so many people and it really has helped to have had so many people offer support."