Tributes have been paid to a ‘beautiful’ 16-year-old cheerleading coach who died in a ‘terrible’ boat accident while on a family holiday in the Dominican Republic.
Abbie Lainton, from Swindon, Wiltshire, is understood to have died after a vessel burst into flames off the coast of the Caribbean island.
Two of her siblings were among more than 20 tourists ‘badly injured’ after the catamaran exploded into a fireball off Soana island on July 27 as it made its way back to Bayahibe.
Devastating images from the scene show the doomed vessel which was carrying 35 people became engulfed in flames and thick
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