A teenage girl has been struck by a train and killed after she left home to buy some fruit in Kent, on Friday.
Lucy Fagg, 16, died on the tracks after leaving home to do some shopping at around 7pm.
British Transport Police and ambulances were called to the spot 25 minutes later to reports of a collision.
Lucy, who was studying for her GCSEs, was pronounced dead at the scene at Sturry railway station.
Her heartbroken mum, Tammy said: “She had just popped out from here – she was gone 20 minutes.
"She told us she was off out, which is normal. She’s 16, it was only seven in the evening.”
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Lucy’s family said they are awaiting the outcome of an investigation into the death, which police are not treating as suspicious.
On the day Lucy died, she had been at school and then went for food with a friend and met others in town before returning home.
She left to buy some fruit from a shop at about 7pm, just before her death.
Her sister Sophie called her sister a “truly wonderful soul” and said: “Myself and my family are absolutely broken. I didn’t know life could be ripped apart like this.”
The 19-year-old described her sister as “the sweetest, most kind-hearted girl in the world” who offered food to children at school who didn’t have any lunch.
She said: “If other kids were being picked on, she’d go and say hello and make sure they were OK.”
Her dad, Stuart, added: “When she did cookery lessons at school, rather than eat her own food she’d give it to the kids she thought didn’t have any lunch.”
Lucy was also a talented angler and once a month spent the weekend fishing with her dad.
Stuart, 44, added: “She was fishing up against adults.
"The first fish she caught was the biggest fish in the lake – it was 24lb 10oz.”
Lucy’s parents have described the schoolgirl as sporty, ambitious and “loved by everyone.”
Her mum said: “There’s not a sport she wasn’t good at – diving, fishing, long jump, gymnastics. She had a lot of records at school.
"She had the widest range of music taste – Lewis Capaldi was her favourite. She did a bit of everything really.”
Lucy’s parents said she was a life-long animal lover who treasured her pet chihuahua and budgie, which she had taught to speak.
The 16-year-old, of Canterbury, Kent, dreamed of becoming a zookeeper and had been offered a place to learn how to work with animals at college after her GCSEs.
She was also a devoted Liverpool football fan and a talented sportswoman who held school records for the 100m and long jump.
Tributes to the popular school girl have poured in since her death.
Her headteacher Nicki Mattin described Lucy as “kind, funny and a hard worker".
He said: “It was with great sadness that we learnt of the tragic and untimely death of one of our Year 11 students.
“Lucy was a special young person, she was a valued member of our school community and showed all the attributes we hope for in one of our students.”
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