Tragedy as ‘beautiful and vibrant’ Brit rep is killed in car accident while working in Ayia Napa
Lydia Lewinson, 21, died from head injuries after a moped crash in the popular resort in Cyprus
A GRIEF-stricken mother has spoken of her "beautiful and vibrant" daughter who died while working in Cyprus.
Lydia Lewinson, 21, died from head injuries after a moped crash in the popular Ayia Napa resort where she was working as a rep.
Speaking for the first time, devastated mum Linda Rogers, 51, said she "begged" Lydia, from Foleshill, Coventry, not to go to Cyprus because she thought something bad might happen.
Her funeral will take place tomorrow at Coventry Cathedral after the family raised over £10,000 to repatriate her body.
Tearful Linda, who has three daughters and a son, said: "I begged her not to go to Cyprus this year, I wanted her to go back to Magaluf where she worked the year before.
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"I just had a feeling something was going to happen.
"My daughters were supposed to fly out to meet her next week to spend time with her, that's what they used to do when Lydia was working away."
A total of £10,140 has been donated from friends and family far and wide - many of whom are expected to be at tomorrow's funeral.
Speaking on behalf of herself and Lydia's dad Julius, 49, Linda said: "She was just a beautiful, beautiful girl. She still is a beautiful girl.
"I don't want to believe it's real but I know that it is. It's so hard to come to terms with. Everyone has been so kind, I can't believe how people have come together.
"She was vibrant, she loved life. She just loved people, she was so adventurous."
Lydia - who was due to turn 22 in September - was working as a holiday rep when the accident occurred on July 6.
She was driving a moped when she lost control and later died from her injuries.
A spokesman from the Cypriot Police said at the time: "A 22-year-old woman was fatally injured in a moped accident in Ayia Napa. She was driving her moped at the road between Ayia Napa and Potamos tou Liopetriou.
"Under unknown circumstances for the time being, she lost control of her moped, hit a kerb and she fell on the asphalt.
"She was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. She succumbed to her injuries at around 5.40pm. The accident took place at 2.20pm. Her family has been informed accordingly."
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