Family and friends paid an emotional tribute to a talented student who was crushed to death under a dustcart.

More than 200 people gathered at St Barnabas and St Paul's Church in Jericho, Oxford, to remember Worcester College student Tsz Fok.

The 22-year-old engineering student died after being run over at the junction of Broad Street and Parks Road in Oxford last April.

During the hour-long service on Saturday, the congregation heard anecdotes from Mr Fok's family, friends and tutors as well as music and dance performances.

His uncle Ty Leung said: "I have no doubt in my mind, as I am sure you all do, as to the impression that Tsz has left on us all. It was not only the way that he made the most of his whole life but his love and respect for everybody else. His life was full of joy, laughter and happiness."

Mr Fok's former headteacher Philip Griffiths, of Solihull School, said: "Tsz certainly was a star academically but it was his character, his smile and his humble, caring approach which made him so different."

The service opened with a recital of Mr Fok's A-Level piano composition. His school friends also sang a series of songs including Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and Think of Me from the musical Phantom of the Opera.

Rick Hall, Mr Fok's mentor from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, said: "We will continue to be inspired by his memory."

Dr Tony Blakeborough, a fellow and engineering tutor at Worcester College, broke down as he told the audience in 30 years of teaching, Mr Fok was the first of his students to die.

Dr Blakeborough said Mr Fok was a talented pianist and oboe player who had achieved 10 A-Levels - including eight 'A' grades.

He added: "Tsz had not spent his life holed up in a library or in a laboratory, but outside living life for others."

Mr Fok's parents, Anna and King, said: "We are very grateful to the provost of Worcester College, the college chaplain and other college staff for the memorial service for our son Tsz.

"The service brought home very vividly to us again how much and why Tsz was loved and liked, how much he loved life and how much he had achieved in his short life."

Mr Fok was treasurer of RAG (Raise and Give), the charitable fundraising arm of the Oxford University Student Union, secretary of Worcester College's junior common room, and captain of coxes for the college boat club. The student had also written a book, to encourage other young people to get involved in science.

On Thursday, dustcart driver Trevor Ashworth, 31, of Theale, Berkshire, was fined £500 and banned from driving for eight months after being found guilty of careless driving.