A “BRAVE” 16-year-old British cheerleader has died after a horror boat accident while holidaying with her family.
Teen Abbie Lainton, from Swindon, died “in a terrible accident” off the coast of a Caribbean island that also left her two siblings injured.
Abbie died after she was badly burnt when a tourist boat carrying around 35 people suddenly ignited and blew up off the coast of the Dominican Republic.
She was rushed to intensive care but died three days later.
Her siblings remain in hospital.
Authorities said 24 people were injured with 11 taken to hospital for treatment for burns.
Gisell Segovia and her husband Navin Torres, 35, were on the boat when it blew up and saw Abbie badly injured after the explosion.
Navin told The Sun how he was with the Brit teen as she fought for her life, calling Abbie “a warrior” who “did not go out without a fight”.
He and his wife had come on holiday to celebrate Navin’s birthday, but ended up burnt and traumatised in the horror accident.
The boat was returning tourists from a trip to the popular Saona Island, a tropical idyll that forms part of the Cotubanamá National Park.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/16820487/brave-brit-girl-killed-boat-explosion