A British woman has died after falling from a balcony in Singapore
following England's World Cup win over Slovenia.
Sarah Royle, 31,
is believed to have been celebrating the one-nil victory when the
accident happened last Wednesday.
Exact details about the
circumstances surrounding her fall remain unclear, but Miss Royle
suffered broken bones and a blood clot to the brain.
She had to be
resuscitated in the ambulance on the way to hospital and was placed on a
life support machine.
Doctors only switched off life support on Sunday after Miss Royle's
sisters, Johanna, 35, and Premsa, 32, flew in from Hebden Bridge, West
Yorkshire, to be at her bedside.
Now they face having to raise
thousands of pounds to pay to have their sister's body repatriated.
Close
family friend Julia Curtis, 32, said: 'Everyone is devastated, Jo and
Premsa are heartbroken. They just wanted to get straight out there.
'The
three of them are so close. They haven't got any other family because
both their parents have both died, so there's just the three of them.
'She
lived life to the full and she will be so missed by all her friends and
family.
'We really need to raise £30,000 to pay for all her
medical expenses - she was treated at a top hospital - and to bring her
body home, otherwise there will have to be a cremation service at the
hospital.
'We do not know yet if the insurance company will pay
out.'
Friend Liam Busby, 33, of Halifax, said: 'I went to
school with Sarah and remember her as a happy-go-lucky, bubbly, lovely
girl.
'People have been fantastic in rallying round raising money
going round the town with buckets.
'We hope everyone will
contribute what they can and I would like to make a plea to the
Yorkshire community to give generously.'
Sarah had left England 18
months ago to live in Australia where she worked in bars and clubs.
An
oversight meant that her visa ran out and she had to travel to
Singapore to sort out the necessary paperwork.
She had been there
for two weeks when the accident happened.
On Sunday, friends
staged a vigil in Hebden Bridge during England's final World Cup game
and posters have been plastered over pubs in memory of the popular woman
known affectionately as Sarah 'Shark'.
A Foreign and Commonwealth
Office spokesman confirmed Sarah's death and said her family were
receiving consular assistance.