Family 'blown apart' after losing second daughter in rooftop plunge

Kayleigh Scott (left): Pictured with sister Nicola, who died in 2011.

The family of a teenage girl who died when she fell from a building said they have been "blown apart" by the loss of two children in just over a year.

Kayleigh Scott, 15, from Tarbolton in Ayrshire, was rushed to hospital after falling from a rooftop in Ayr at 11.40pm on Wednesday but was pronounced dead when she got there.

Her family said they were still coping with the death of her elder sister Nicola, who died in June last year.

In a statement released through Strathclyde Police, her mother, who has not been named, said: "Myself and my family are absolutely devastated by the loss of my beautiful daughter Kayleigh.

"We are still trying to come to terms with Nicola's death just over a year ago but this has blown us apart.

"Kayleigh was a beautiful, vivacious and loving young lady - she will be sorely missed by all."

A police spokeswoman said an investigation was under way into the circumstances surrounding the girl's death.

Alan Moir, headmaster of Belmont Academy, where Kayleigh was a pupil, said: "I was devastated to learn of the tragic death of our pupil this morning and our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends at this difficult time.

"Due to the summer holidays, it's not possible to bring everyone together as we would normally do in such tragic circumstances, but we're doing everything we can to contact friends from the school to offer them support, someone to talk to or a shoulder to cry on.

"We're a very close school community in Belmont and, in time, we'll consider how we want to remember her as a part of our school community, but today our focus is on those affected by this tragic news and doing what we can to help and support them."

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