Tragic runner donations at £500,000

THE family of Claire Squires, who died while competing in the London Marathon, have paid tribute to “an incredible, inspirational, beautiful and driven person” as donations to her charity rose towards £500,000.

The huge surge in giving to her fundraising page came after the 30-year-old collapsed in Birdcage Walk, near St James’s Park, on the final stretch of the 26.2-mile course on Sunday.

Monday saw the largest number of donations ever received in a single day on the JustGiving website, with more than 10,000 people donating together at any given time, the group said.

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Miss Squires’s family have thanked the tens of thousands of people who have donated and urged people to keep on giving.

She was running the marathon in aid of the Samaritans because her mother Cilla has volunteered with the organisation for more than 20 years.

In a statement Miss Squires’s family said: “On behalf of Claire’s family and all those who knew and loved her – we would like to say thank you so much for everyone’s support.

“Claire would be so happy and overwhelmed with the incredible support that has been offered by thousands of people from all over the world.”

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