A courageous mum who gave her own life to save her two-year-old daughter from an incoming lorry has tragically died in hospital. Rebecca Ableman, 30 selflessly protected her baby girl as she pushed little Autumn's pram out of the way of the collision, Leicester Mercury reports.
The devoted mother was on her way to the shops when she was tragically struck by a lorry carrying a crane on September 22 and had just enough time to shove her toddler's pram to safety before she was hit. An eye witness who watched the horrific incident take place in the small village of Willingham in Cambridgeshire said the brave mother saved her baby daughter's life.
Rebecca's partner and Autumn's father, Chris Tuczemskyi said his daughter is struggling to understand what has happened and is absolutely devastated by the loss of her mother. He said: "We planned to get married but life got in the way.
