This is Leicestershire -- The parents of an 18-year-old killed in a road accident have paid tribute to their "beautiful daughter who grasped life". Beautician Olivia Flanagan, of Measham, had been on her way home from her new job at Boots in Fosse Park, Leicester, when she died after being hit head-on in a crash on the A511 near Coalville. Olivia's parents said she loved her job, which she had started three weeks earlier, and that she was also just two weeks away from buying a new house with her boyfriend, Mike Davies. Her father, Martin, said: "She was such a beautiful daughter, inside and out, who really, really grasped life. "She had been working as a beautician at Fosse Park and it was a job she had really wanted. She was also studying two nights a week at Stephenson College and doing beauty treatments in her own time. "She was going to move in with Mike - they had found a nice place in Hugglescote. The two of them had been together for two years and they were inseparable." Her mother, Donna, said: "Olivia was such a popular girl and was loved by so many people. "The whole community around here is devastated. "There have been so many wonderful tributes on Facebook." The collision happened at about 7pm on Thursday. When Olivia did not turn up to meet Mike that evening he called her parents who rang the police and local hospitals before driving towards Leicester to see if they could find out what had happened. Martin said: "We went into panic mode and after phoning the police - who couldn't tell us anything - we went towards Fosse Park but we got a call back from the police saying we should go home and they would come round to see us. "It's the news that every parent dreads hearing. "She had been driving for six months and we always told her to drive carefully whenever she went anywhere and she always did." Olivia previously studied at Ashby High School and also attended schools in Measham and Ibstock. She leaves her parents, her brother, Chris, 21, and her sister, Katie, 23, who had a three-year-old son, Ben. Martin said: "It's a very close family and it's absolutely devastated us, it really has." A 31-year-old man has been arrested and police from the East Midland's Serious Collision Investigation Unit are appealing for witnesses to the crash. It happened on the A511 Stephenson Way between Stephenson College and the A447 Hoo Ash roundabout. The collision involved five vehicles - Olivia's silver Peugeot 206, a black Ford Fiesta, a black VW Passatt, a grey Seat Exeo and a black Peugeot 406. Detective Constable Seamus Burns said: "We are appealing to anyone who witnessed the collision or saw any of the vehicles beforehand to contact the police. "The Passatt is quite distinctive and had diagonal reflective markings on the back similar to maintenance vehicles. If you remember seeing this vehicle or can help in any way please get in touch." Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the police on 101.
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This is Leicestershire -- The parents of an 18-year-old killed in a road accident have paid tribute to their "beautiful daughter who grasped life". Beautician Olivia Flanagan, of Measham, had been on her way home from her new job at Boots in Fosse Park, Leicester, when she died after being hit head-on in a crash on the A511 near Coalville. Olivia's parents said she loved her job, which she had started three weeks earlier, and that she was also just two weeks away from buying a new house with her boyfriend, Mike Davies. Her father, Martin, said: "She was such a beautiful daughter, inside and out, who really, really grasped life. "She had been working as a beautician at Fosse Park and it was a job she had really wanted. She was also studying two nights a week at Stephenson College and doing beauty treatments in her own time. "She was going to move in with Mike - they had found a nice place in Hugglescote. The two of them had been together for two years and they were inseparable." Her mother, Donna, said: "Olivia was such a popular girl and was loved by so many people. "The whole community around here is devastated. "There have been so many wonderful tributes on Facebook." The collision happened at about 7pm on Thursday. When Olivia did not turn up to meet Mike that evening he called her parents who rang the police and local hospitals before driving towards Leicester to see if they could find out what had happened. Martin said: "We went into panic mode and after phoning the police - who couldn't tell us anything - we went towards Fosse Park but we got a call back from the police saying we should go home and they would come round to see us. "It's the news that every parent dreads hearing. "She had been driving for six months and we always told her to drive carefully whenever she went anywhere and she always did." Olivia previously studied at Ashby High School and also attended schools in Measham and Ibstock. She leaves her parents, her brother, Chris, 21, and her sister, Katie, 23, who had a three-year-old son, Ben. Martin said: "It's a very close family and it's absolutely devastated us, it really has." A 31-year-old man has been arrested and police from the East Midland's Serious Collision Investigation Unit are appealing for witnesses to the crash. It happened on the A511 Stephenson Way between Stephenson College and the A447 Hoo Ash roundabout. The collision involved five vehicles - Olivia's silver Peugeot 206, a black Ford Fiesta, a black VW Passatt, a grey Seat Exeo and a black Peugeot 406. Detective Constable Seamus Burns said: "We are appealing to anyone who witnessed the collision or saw any of the vehicles beforehand to contact the police. "The Passatt is quite distinctive and had diagonal reflective markings on the back similar to maintenance vehicles. If you remember seeing this vehicle or can help in any way please get in touch." Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the police on 101.
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