Girl run over and killed at Linwood petrol station

Eilish Herron was hit by a reversing car. Picture: Police Scotland/PA

Eilish Herron, 17, was struck as she filled her car at an Asda  garage in Linwood, Renfrewshire, on Wednesday. The teenager, from Paisley, had left school this summer and had only recently passed her test.

Police Scotland said the teenager was struck by a Ford Focus that collided with her Renault Clio while she was filling it with fuel at around 2:30pm. The other motorist was not injured.

Shocked eyewitnesses have told how a man reversed his silver Ford Focus estate and hit the teenager, as well as her Renault Clio, before dragging her across the forecourt into bushes.

A petrol pump handle could be seen lying on the ground next to her blue car while the Focus was backed into nearby shrubbery with its boot open.

Emergency services were called to the petrol station and fought to save Eilish but she died at the scene. In a statement released through police, her family said: “We are absolutely devastated by the loss of our beautiful daughter Eilish. We just cannot believe that we will not see her again.

“She was a lovely girl, a good daughter, sister, grand-daughter and a great friend to those who knew her. She had so much to live for and we will miss her  terribly.

“We are very grateful for the thoughts and kind words already given.”

Eilish had been looking forward to studying nursing at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.

Others who knew the teenager also paid tribute to her.

Kevin Henry, headteacher at St Andrew’s Academy in Paisley, said: “Eilish was a wonderful student and very popular with both her peers and the staff of the school. Her death is a tragic loss. Eilish and her family will be in the thoughts and prayers of all in the school.”

Mr Henry said Eilish had been accepted to study nursing after six “very successful and happy years” at school.

The headteacher said: “She was a talented sportswoman and had been recognised in 2013 as Renfrewshire young sportsperson of the Year.

“She gave much of her own time to coaching younger students in the school. Eilish was a great role model for our pupils.”

Eilish was a keen netball player and had coached at local schools.

A spokeswoman for Paisley Netball Club said: “She was the most bubbly, helpful, attractive and enthusiastic girl. Nothing was too much trouble for her.

“She was a tremendous player and an incredible coach and she was a wonderful ambassador for the sport. Her family should be very proud that she was such an amazing young woman.”

Police have appealed for witnesses.