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Parents say toddler killed in crash was 'shining light'

The parents of a two-year-old girl knocked down and killed near her home have paid tribute to their "shining light".

Lily MacCluskey died after being hit by a 4x4 in Portlethen, Aberdeenshire, yesterday.

The toddler was knocked down in Hillside Road just after 4pm.

Members of the small community have been leaving flowers and soft-toy tributes by the home of her parents Elaine Guthrie and Gary MacCluskey.

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