An "amazing" and "beautiful" woman has died after being hit by a van less than a year after getting married.
Ekaterina Eka was run over by the Volkswagen vehicle in Cornwall at roughly 9.35am last Friday.
The 33-year-old was airlifted to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, where she later died despite the efforts of medics.
A friend of her husband, Zev, is now raising funds for her funeral arrangements, saying the couple "were just starting their lives together".
Ekaterina, from Georgia, had been married for less than a year and recently granted residence in the UK, according to the GoFundMe page.
The friend wrote: "There are lots of words running though my head but nothing that can console my good friend Zev from the devastating news that he received on Friday the 25th June, that Zev's beautiful wife had been in a terrible accident and sadly lost her life.
"With all their future ahead of them, dreams, plans all gone. Life is so precious, hold it tight because nothing could have prepared Zev and his family for this.
"Life seemed at long last to be on their side after such a long process for Ekaterina (from Georgia) to get her residence in the UK. Zev and Ekaterina were not even married a year.
"While Zev is processing his grief, what else can we do? We know nothing of his pain and no words can bring his beautiful Ekaterina back, but we can stand alongside him and support him."
The page, created one day ago, has raised £4,900 of its £7,000 goal at the time of writing.
The friend added: "Financially they would have been unprepared for this as they where just starting their lives together.
"I would like your help to support Zev at this time and to try and take the stress away of worrying about funeral arrangements and the expense.
"Please, as a close community can we all come together at this sad time and be thankful we can still hold our nearest and dearest."
Ekaterina's next of kin have been informed and are being supported by Devon and Cornwall Police.
The driver of the van stopped at the scene and is helping officers with their enquiries.
In a statement, the force said: "Officers were called to reports of a collision involving a Volkswagen van and a pedestrian, on the A39 between Treliever roundabout and Kernick Road Industrial Estate Penryn, at around 9.35am today, Friday 24 June.
"The pedestrian, a 33-year-old woman from the local area, sustained life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to Derriford Hospital by Cornwall Air Ambulance, where she later died."
It added: "The A39 between Kernick Road Industrial Estate and Treliever roundabout was closed while Forensic Collision Officers investigated the collision, but it was reopened at around 4.20pm.
"Officers from the Specialist Roads Policing Team would like to thank those members of the public who assisted at the scene."
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information or dashcam footage is urged to email 101@dc.police.uk or call 101 quoting log 229 of 24/06/22.
