Girl, 16, killed in car crash named as mum pays tribute to ‘beautiful angel’
'I know I’ll never see your beautiful face again.'
A 16-year-old girl who died in a car crash in Maidstone, Kent, yesterday has been named by loved ones as Alisha Marie Hobman.
Alisha died after a white Toyota Hilux smashed into a road barrier on the A249 while travelling towards Sittingbourne at around 6.45pm.
In a Facebook post sharing a police witness appeal, mum Cody Marie Hobman said her ‘princess’ is now ‘the most beautifuliest angel in the sky’.
‘My heart’s hurting,’ she wrote. ‘I’m praying I wake up and it’s the biggest dream ever.
‘But sadly I know I’ll never see your beautiful face again after we’ve laid you to rest.’
Saturday was the day the family’s ‘hearts broke’, Cody added.
‘My body’s numb,’ she said.
Alisha’s aunt, Kellie Ponter, said her niece was ‘one in a million’ and someone who never lost her ‘sparkle’.
‘You have left the biggest hole in our hearts. Life will never be the same,’ she said in a Facebook post.
‘I’ll give anything to give you one last tickle of your arm! We love you, baby girl.’
Kent Police said the vehicle overturned near the junction for Church Hill, leaving a boy, believed to be 15, seriously injured.
A 17-year-old boy – who was also taken to hospital with minor injuries – was later arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and taken into custody.
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