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Gosport deaths: Mother kissed crash victim goodbye | Gosport deaths: Mother kissed crash victim goodbye |
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The mother of a teenage girl killed in a collision with a car outside her home said she kissed her daughter goodbye as she lay dead in the road. | The mother of a teenage girl killed in a collision with a car outside her home said she kissed her daughter goodbye as she lay dead in the road. |
Jasmine Allsop, 14, was killed on Ann's Hill Road, Gosport, early on Sunday with her friend Olivia Lewry, 16. | Jasmine Allsop, 14, was killed on Ann's Hill Road, Gosport, early on Sunday with her friend Olivia Lewry, 16. |
Police have been granted more time to question a 20-year-old Gosport man on suspicion of murder. | Police have been granted more time to question a 20-year-old Gosport man on suspicion of murder. |
Rosemary Allsop said: "I told her she was my angel and I'd loved her since the day she was born." | Rosemary Allsop said: "I told her she was my angel and I'd loved her since the day she was born." |
Speaking from her home, close to where Jasmine died, Ms Allsop, 37, described her daughter as "a gorgeous, lovely, bubbly character". | Speaking from her home, close to where Jasmine died, Ms Allsop, 37, described her daughter as "a gorgeous, lovely, bubbly character". |
"I kissed her - it was four hours before they took her body away because I did not want to let her go," she said. | "I kissed her - it was four hours before they took her body away because I did not want to let her go," she said. |
"I'm empty inside and lost. I keep expecting her to come through the door." | "I'm empty inside and lost. I keep expecting her to come through the door." |
'All a blur' | 'All a blur' |
Ms Allsop said she had gone to bed when the incident happened and was woken by the emergency services. | |
"It was just all a blur," she said. "I cannot remember what happened. | "It was just all a blur," she said. "I cannot remember what happened. |
"I had gone to bed. I didn't see anything. I just thought they [Jasmine and Olivia] were playing CDs and talking about boys and make-up." | "I had gone to bed. I didn't see anything. I just thought they [Jasmine and Olivia] were playing CDs and talking about boys and make-up." |
She described the girls as "best friends". | She described the girls as "best friends". |
Jasmine died at the scene while Olivia was pronounced dead at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth. | Jasmine died at the scene while Olivia was pronounced dead at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth. |
Jasmine's father Kevin MacLaughlan, 58, also paid tribute to his daughter. | Jasmine's father Kevin MacLaughlan, 58, also paid tribute to his daughter. |
He said: "I do not know how we are going to get through this. We have run out of words of comfort to say." | He said: "I do not know how we are going to get through this. We have run out of words of comfort to say." |
Hampshire Police is appealing for anyone who saw the crash, near the junction of Ann's Hill Road and Brougham Street, to contact them. | Hampshire Police is appealing for anyone who saw the crash, near the junction of Ann's Hill Road and Brougham Street, to contact them. |
Officers have until 19:30 GMT to question the suspect. | Officers have until 19:30 GMT to question the suspect. |
Tributes were paid to both girls on social networking sites and friends have laid floral tributes at the scene of the crash. | Tributes were paid to both girls on social networking sites and friends have laid floral tributes at the scene of the crash. |