LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE

Tycoon’s Daughter Dies in Horrific Vacation Crash

Her cousin died traveling when he was the same age.

The daughter of a wealthy tycoon has died after falling off a motorbike and being hit by a truck. Orla Wates, 19, was on a gap year in South East Asia when she was thrown from the back of the vehicle as she traveled the Ha Giang Loop in Vietnam, The Sun reports. She was rushed to Hanoi’s Viet Duc Friendship Hospital, but died from extensive injuries suffered during the crash. Her father, Andy Wates, is the director of a massive 100-year-old building firm, Wates Group, which has a presence across the U.K. She was due to begin studying at the prestigious Durham University in northern England once she finished her travels. “Orla had a sharp wit and lived life to the full,” her parents said in a statement following the crash. Her family said they planned to donate her organs. “We believe that if there were a way to give opportunity to others, this is what Orla would have wanted,” her mom Henrietta Wates said, according to the BBC. “Knowing that she is living on through them brings us great comfort.” Her cousin, William Wates, was shot when he was also 19 while traveling in ​​Honduras in 1996.