Tragic new details have emerged after four teenage boys who vanished on a camping trip died in a partially submerged car.

Tributes have been pouring in for the four lads – Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Henderson, and Hugo Morris – who died on a Snowdonia camping trip.

The four boys were last seen getting into a silver Ford Fiesta on Sunday morning.

North Wales Police have now revealed they had located the car partially submerged in water and on its roof while searching in the Porthmadog area.

It has been confirmed four bodies were found inside the vehicle.

Sources told The Daily Mail that police began investigating when the car crash happened.

They fear the horrific accident took place not long after the boys left one of their grandad’s homes – just eight miles away – on Sunday morning.

It wasn’t until 3.10 pm on Monday, more than 24 hours later, that the police were told the boys were missing.

Tragically, their bodies were found on Tuesday when a passerby spotted the car -which means they would have been trapped upside down in the vehicle for 48 hours.

Although formal identification is yet to take place, the families of all four boys have been informed

North Wales Police said the car appeared to have “left the road” with investigations surrounding the tragedy ongoing.

A source told The Mail: “The plan seems to have been for them to camp in Snowdonia on Sunday evening, but it looks like they never made it to a campsite.

“The car has left the road on a bend, it seems the driver lost control and ended up in water in a ditch. The accident may have happened as early as midday on Sunday but police were not informed until more than 24 hours later that they were missing.

“It is a very remote area and the weather was terrible so the car simply may not have been seen from the road.”

It is understood the four friends, who travelled from the Welsh coastal areas of Harlech and Porthmadog, were heading to Eryri National Park in Snowdonia.

The group, aged between 16 and 18, were due to return on Monday morning but none of them had made any contact with relatives and their phones are all switched off.

The teens were not experienced campers and only had basic equipment including a tent and sleeping bags with them.

Supt Owain Llewelyn said: “At present, this appears to have been a tragic accident, and our thoughts are with the family and friends of the four young men at this very difficult time.

“This has been an extensive search involving a number of different agencies and volunteers, and this is sadly not the outcome that any of us would have wanted.

“We would ask that the family be afforded the appropriate privacy and respect.”

Tributes for the four pals have already been pouring in.

Wilf’s girlfriend Maddi said in a tribute on Instagram: “I love you so much, baby. I’m going to miss you forever.”

She shared how her boyfriend was the “sweetest and most loving boy I’ve ever known,” adding: “I hope you know how much I love you gorgeous.”

Maddi’s mum Lisa said she was “absolutely heartbroken” for her daughter and the families of all the boys.

The grieving mum said: “Wilf was such a lovely kind lad and treated Maddi in a way only a mother could hope her daughter be treated.”

Lisa added: “We will all miss u dearly Wilf. thank you for bringing so much love and happiness into Maddi’s life and I promise to look after her 4 u.”

Beth Head, a friend of Hugo Morris, 18, described him as “a lovely and funny young lad” saying he would be missed deeply.

She said: “I will forever cherish all the memories and laughs we had a work together [sic], my thoughts go to his family at this time.”

Jevon Hirst, 16, was dubbed a “lovely boy”.

Local MP Liz Saville Roberts and Senedd Member Mabon ap Gwynfor both issued a joint statement following the tragic discovery, saying the news is truly heartbreaking and foremost as parents ourselves, our thoughts go out to the families and friends of the four young men whose lives have been lost in this tragic accident.

They would like to pay tribute to the emergency services and local mountain rescue teams involved in the search operation, and to members of the public for their assistance in helping to locate the vehicle.

No words can sufficiently reflect the sorrow that this news brings to our whole community.

Local councillor June Jones has also paid her respects.

She told Sky News she had been desperately hoping for news the four boys had gotten lost without any phone signal in the wilderness.

She said the whole area was in complete shock” with everybody’s feelings “very much with the families at this time.

”It has been extremely wet and the rivers have been extremely high over the last few days,” said Cllr Jones. “Obviously, it is November, the weather is bad. It is bad weather to be travelling in, especially with somebody who doesn’t know the roads very well”.

Investigations are ongoing to establish the circumstances, the police said.

A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesman said they were called on Tuesday at approximately 10.08 am to reports of an incident near the A4085 between Nantmor and Tan-Lan.

An operations manager, two emergency ambulances and two Cymru high acuity response units to the scene where we were supported by the emergency medical retrieval and transfer service in two Wales Air Ambulance charity helicopters.

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