Family pay tribute to girl, 7, killed by falling tree

A family has paid tribute to seven-year-old Leonna Ruka as "the light of their lives", after she died when a tree collapsed on her in a park.

Leonna, from Dagenham in east London, was visiting Southend-on-Sea with family.

Emergency services were called to Chalkwell Park shortly before 15:00 BST on Saturday, but Leonna died in hospital.

A six-year-old girl remains critically ill in hospital.

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