Pharmacology student, 24, unable to cope with death of parents, kills herself by stepping in front of a train
The family and friends of a pharmacology student, who took her own life, have paid an emotional farewell to "an intelligent, funny, courageous and beautiful girl." Flur Mcdonald lost her life after stepped in front of a Merseyrail train in Birkdale just after 2 pm on Tuesday, January 29.
The 24-year-old, according to Daily Mail, had lost both her parents within a few years of each other, something that left her crippled with sadness and made it very difficult for her to deal with such a devastating loss. The Southport native was a bright and talented young woman who became the first member of her family to go to university.
Flur, who was studying at Newcastle after she left college, had friends and family pay their last respects to her at Burscough Crematorium on Friday, March 1. They also held a celebration of her life at Leyland Road Church in Southport.