'Beautiful' mum, 23, leaves behind baby daughter after being killed by train

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A 'beautiful' mum who died after being hit by a train leaves behind a nine-month old daughter, her heartbroken family said. Loved ones have named Kiena Dawes as the woman who was hit by a train near Garstang on the Preston to Lancaster line on Friday afternoon.

Tributes have poured in for the 23-year-old who was tragically pronounced dead at the scene by the emergency services. Her brother Kynan Dawes said she 'was in such a bad place in her head' and 'took the decision to end what was an awful battle in her life', Lancs Live reports.

Kiena, who worked as a hairdresser in Fleetwood, leaves her nine-month-old daughter Marnie Blu Dawes. READ MORE:Drug-driving dad killed 'lovely little' son, 8, in M60 crash as mum pays heartbreaking tribute Kynan has pledged to give up his job as a builder to take care of her and be there for her 'through thick and thin'.

A GoFundMe page has been set up by Matthew Sanderson to support Kynan and Marnie and pay towards Kiena's funeral costs. The page has already raised more than £8,500 against its £2,500 goal.