Wilmslow came to a standstill when a cortege of classic and sports cars filed through in honour of young Flynn Morrissey.

Flynn, who started at Wilmslow High School in September, was just 11 when he died after a car accident on his way to school.

His mum Nicky said she was pleased to see around 20 vehicles in the funeral procession for her son who loved cars.

Police stopped traffic while workmen with bowed heads kept traffic lights green for the cortege which filed through the town centre towards Altrincham Crematorium.

Private car owners and dealerships provided vehicles for the procession, with Flynn’s favourite car, an orange Lamborghini, leading the cortege with a red Ferrari.

The Rev Paul Smith, from St Bartholomew’s Church, rode in the Lamborghini. He had previously presented Flynn with a drama award at Pownall Hall, Flynn’s former school.

Staff from Co-op Funeralcare, on Chapel Lane, wore red to mark Flynn’s favourite colour, with items donated by Phillip Alexander clothes shop on Alderley Road. The cars gathered at Sainsburys, where staff collected £300 in Flynn’s memory.

Mum Nicky said it was a celebration of Flynn’s life.

She said: “We were overwhelmed seeing the cars which came for the cortege, it was breathtaking and we brought the town to a stop.

“Flynn loved cars and would have loved seeing Rev Paul Smith sat in the Lamborghini.

“It brought so much of Flynn’s spirit to the day. He was so mischievous and fun.

“When we were at the crematorium, I thought that Flynn was not in there, I felt he was outside enjoying the cars.

“The day had great sadness but it was positive too.

“We had sunflowers in the church and they represented the brightness Flynn is and the lightness we feel when we think about him. He was an inspiration and that never goes.”

Flynn was on his way to school with his mum and Dylan on the Alderley Edge bypass when their car was in a collision with a car travelling in the opposite direction, on Monday, September 16.

After a service at the crematorium, around 400 people attended a memorial at St Philip and St James Church in Alderley Edge, where the Pownall Hall choir sang.

Flynn had just moved to Sandbach from Wilmslow, where he lived with Nicky, her partner Nick Clifford and brother Dylan, 15.

He had another brother Connor, 20, while his dad Dominic Morrissey lives in London.

Julia Jones, from the Cooperative funeral home on Chapel Lane, who led the funeral procession, said: “This is something no-one should have to go through. I have a young son myself and wanted to make sure I gave Flynn the care I would give my son, from one mum to another.

“It was an absolute privilege.”