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| Teenage girl dies at Marine base | Teenage girl dies at Marine base |
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| A 14-year-old girl has collapsed and died during a cadet training exercise at a Royal Marine base. | A 14-year-old girl has collapsed and died during a cadet training exercise at a Royal Marine base. |
| Eve Anderson, a pupil at Craigie High School in Dundee, was training at RM Condor, Colliston in Arbroath, when she collapsed late on Saturday. | |
| She was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics after apparently suffering an asthma attack. | She was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics after apparently suffering an asthma attack. |
| In a statement issued through Tayside Police, her family described her as a "bright star". | |
| The teenager had been practising for a drill competition with a dozen other cadets when she collapsed. | |
| The family said they were "devastated, but thankful for such a bright star lighting up their lives". | The family said they were "devastated, but thankful for such a bright star lighting up their lives". |
| 'Ray of sunshine' | |
| RM Condor was quieter than usual at the time of the incident because 45 Commando, who are based there, are away training for a deployment to Afghanistan later in the year. | |
| The teenager's commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander William Wylie, said it was a sad loss for the Dundee Sea Cadet Corp, and for society. | |
| He told the Daily Record newspaper: "This is so, so tragic. | |
| "Eve joined us last year and threw herself into everything she did. | |
| "She was a real ray of sunshine in the detachment and had a permanent grin on her face. | |
| "She never let her asthma get in the way of anything she did." | |
| A spokesman for Tayside Police confirmed Eve's death is not being treated as suspicious. | A spokesman for Tayside Police confirmed Eve's death is not being treated as suspicious. |