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Crash death mum Lauren Heath praised for saving baby daughter | Crash death mum Lauren Heath praised for saving baby daughter |
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The family of a mother who died when she was hit by a lorry say she saved her baby by pushing her pram out of the vehicle's path "without a second thought". | The family of a mother who died when she was hit by a lorry say she saved her baby by pushing her pram out of the vehicle's path "without a second thought". |
Lauren Heath, 20, was struck on Basingstoke Road, Reading, on 13 April. | Lauren Heath, 20, was struck on Basingstoke Road, Reading, on 13 April. |
Speaking ahead of her funeral, her uncle and aunt, Kevin and Marie Heath, said she was "a natural mother". | Speaking ahead of her funeral, her uncle and aunt, Kevin and Marie Heath, said she was "a natural mother". |
Streets in Whitely were adorned in pink and purple as hundreds attended the service at St Agnes Church. | |
An online fundraising page - to pay for funeral arrangements and a trust fund for 12-month-old Millie, who sustained minor head injuries in the crash - has raised almost £23,000. | An online fundraising page - to pay for funeral arrangements and a trust fund for 12-month-old Millie, who sustained minor head injuries in the crash - has raised almost £23,000. |
The initial target of £500 was raised within hours of the page being set up. | The initial target of £500 was raised within hours of the page being set up. |
"Lauren's devotion to her daughter really has touched not only us but the community, and the world - we've had messages from Canada, Brazil, the USA," Mr Heath said. | "Lauren's devotion to her daughter really has touched not only us but the community, and the world - we've had messages from Canada, Brazil, the USA," Mr Heath said. |
"Without a second thought she pushed her baby free," he added. | "Without a second thought she pushed her baby free," he added. |
Mrs Heath described her niece as a "family girl" and a "natural mother". | Mrs Heath described her niece as a "family girl" and a "natural mother". |
The Reverend Vernon Orr, who led the funeral service, said it was a way of "celebrating her life, saying farewell to her and seeking comfort in our grief, and hope in our sadness and confusion". | |
At the Scene - Joe Campbell - BBC South Today reporter | At the Scene - Joe Campbell - BBC South Today reporter |
All along Northumberland Avenue the road was transformed into a ribbon of colour. | |
An army of mostly young women was out from first thing hanging pink and purple balloons from lamp posts and stringing bunting across roundabouts. | An army of mostly young women was out from first thing hanging pink and purple balloons from lamp posts and stringing bunting across roundabouts. |
The council gave special permission for this extraordinary display - something which Whitley has never seen before - in recognition of all those touched by the tragic death of Lauren Heath. |