A devastated mother has been found dead just days after her teenage daughter was killed in a car crash.
Natalie Hood died after posting on Facebook on Saturday: "I just want my little girl back xxx."
She was found dead at her home in Dover on Sunday. The exact circumstances around her death are not yet known.
Her 18-year-old daughter Casey – an identical twin – was killed in a crash in Womenswold, Kent, in the early hours of Friday.
Another woman, 27-year-old Lucy Leadbeater, was also critically injured in the horrific smash and died over the weekend.
Tributes have been left on social media, with many people posting on the profile of Kellis, Casey’s twin sister.
Charley Hollie Hayes wrote: "Rip Natalie go look after your baby girl Casey in heaven look down on us and look after.
"This world is so unfair and cruel take care of each other up there mother & daughter forever, two beautiful angels."
A close family friend, who asked not to be named, told Kent Live: "Natalie was a fun loving, super protective mum, who would treat anyone like her own if they needed her.
"She’s truly one in a million. Her heart was just so big and full of love, she had time for everyone, a really truly lovely lady who just had the hardest life.
"She was so strong for so long, she lost so many people she loved at young ages, she was broken already.
"I can’t imagine how she was feeling considering everyone’s hearts were ripped out the moment they heard about Casey, so being her mum I dread to think the pain she must of felt.
"I just hope her daughter Kellis finds the strength to carry on and make them both proud, which I know she did everyday anyway.
"She is doing so well keeping strong. I hope she finds happiness again and knows just how much she’s loved and cared about.
"The love between them all was beautiful, such a close and beautiful family, all down to earth, fun and loving."
Kat Rainbird added: "R.I.P Natalie Hood love you!!! We’ve got to try remember the good times we all had with her, remember how loving she was how funny and down to earth she was and what a wonderful mum she was!
"Fly high Natalie I hope your dancing in the sky with Casey Hood."
A GoFundMe page has been set up to support Kellis.
Hannah Kelly, a friend, writes: "Kellis is Casey’s twin sister which she left behind, this beautiful young strong woman not only has lost her sister but also her mother in a matter of couple days, lets help Kellis through this darkness and try help her find the light."
Vibrant floral tributes have been left by the roadside in memory of former Canterbury Academy pupil Casey.
Friends and relatives of the popular teenager wrote heartfelt messages and decorated the site with balloons, photos and candles.
Casey was pronounced dead at the scene, while Miss Leadbeater died a day later in hospital. Two other men involved in the crash are described as being in a stable condition.
Following the death of Lucy, Amanda Aubrey-Killen said in a Facebook statement: "Lucy Leadbeater’s parents made the decision to have the life support machine turned off.
"It is with deepest sympathy that there was nothing more the doctors could do."
It is not yet known who driving the car at the time of the crash at about 3.50am on Friday.
Officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit are appealing for any witnesses who may have seen a Toyota Prius prior to or at the time of the collision, or who have dashcam footage to get in contact.
The car which Casey and Lucy were in had been previously drawn to the attention of police when it was parked on the A2 slip-road towards Adisham Road. Officers found the crashed car later in the night.
As well as a flood of tributes by the roadside, friends have been leaving messages in memory of Casey on social media.
Writing on Facebook, Chelsea Jade Webb said: "RIP Casey Hood you will always be in my heart life’s so cruel.
"What a beautiful inspirational young lady you become before you were ripped away
from us.
"Love to you always."
A file on Mrs Hood’s death has been passed to the Coroner.
A Kent Police spokesman said of the crash: "Officers were on patrol when their attention was drawn to a Toyota Yaris parked on the A2 slip road towards Adisham Road at 3.48am on Friday.
"The vehicle left the scene and the officers subsequently attended Nethersole Road where they found the car had been involved in a collision.
"South East Coast Ambulance Service and Kent Fire and Rescue Service also attended the scene along with the air ambulance.
"An 18-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene while a second woman was taken to a London hospital in a critical condition.
"Two men were also taken to a local hospital in a stable condition."
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