A MOTHER has paid a touching tribute to her "beautiful sparkling" 16-year-old daughter who died after a suicide bomber drove into their hotel.

Evesham schoolgirl Hannah Lloyd had been out for a night with friends she met on holiday in Egypt and returned to her hotel when a van full of fruit ploughed into the lobby.

The schoolgirl and her friends rushed to help and seconds later were caught in a fireball when the bomber detonated explosives.

Four teenagers and seven British adults were killed in the horrific blasts which ripped through the luxury Red Sea resort on July 23 this year.

The inquests at Chelmsford Coroner's Court in Essex heard three teenage boys with Hannah were killed instantly in the blast but she died two weeks later in a British hospital.

In a touching eulogy written by her mother, Heide, she said: "It was always hard to keep up with her energy and enthusiasm for life.

"She seemed unstoppable. She had reached a point (in life) where she could really fly and I thought 'Now she is safe - she is prepared for the world', how wrong was I?

"My beautiful, sparkling daughter has been stolen from me. We have no real answers as to why, no-one to blame or hate. I will miss her endlessly and painfully but I will not give up living, will take a leaf out of her book and keep striving for the next step, whatever that might be."

The inquest heard on Monday that a group of teenagers who had met while on holiday at the Ghazala Gardens Hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh returned after a night out on July 23 this year and were chatting by the pool.

Witnesses saw the teenagers running towards the lobby after they heard the crash, seconds later a huge fireball "devastated" the hotel.

Detective Inspector Tim Metcalfe, from West Midlands Police, who headed the British investigation, told the court Hannah's younger sister, Georgina, told her mother: "They heard the crash and ran forward to see what had happened. Hannah held out her hand to Georgina, the boys ran in front.

"Georgina remembers a bright flash and intense heat which threw her to the ground."

Hannah was badly burned in the blast. Fellow holidaymakers rushed to help using a sun lounger as a makeshift stretcher and hotel guests ripped up sheets, dipped them in water and used them as bandages.

Hannah was taken to a hospital where she was treated by off-duty British paramedics and local divers before being airlifted to a better equipped hospital in Cairo.

She was later transferred to a specialist burns unit at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex, where she died on August 8.

Home Office pathologist Dr John Rutherford said Hannah died of multi-organ failure as a result of her burns.

He told the court: "Physical injury to the body leaves it vulnerable to infection, several organs failed resulting in death."

Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray added: "Clearly she was a delightful young girl. I offer the court's sympathy upon the loss of Hannah.

She said: "Hannah Lloyd died as a result of injuries she sustained in the course of an act of terrorism overseas."

More than 60 people were killed when three bombs ripped through the hotel, a market and a taxi rank in the popular tourist resort.

Several Islamic militant terrorist groups have claimed responsibility for the bombings, with at least one being linked to Al-Quaeda. Egyptian security forces believe they have arrested or killed all people in connection with the devastating attacks.