Boat blast victim planned a new life

From the archive, first published Monday 15th Aug 2005.

HE came to England from Hungary to find work and build a life before being joined by his girlfriend of eight years.

But three months after arriving in the country the life of Krisztian Takacs, pictured, was cut tragically short after a massive gas explosion on a boat he was working on in Southampton.

Another man working alongside the 26-year-old suffered serious burns as a result of the horrific blast at Smiths Quay boatyard in Hazel Road beside the River Itchen on Friday afternoon.

Today, as police continue their investigations into the cause of the fire which blew up the gas cylinders, Krisztian Takacs's friend Denes Csutortok told the Daily Echo how the pair travelled to the UK together and how he is coping with the news.

The two men came to England from a Hungarian village called Pecs south-west of the Danube on May 26 this year. They planned to find jobs and somewhere to live. But after five weeks in London they had been unable to find work.

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