TWO years after a summer camp worker died in a plane crash life has not got any easier for her family, as Robert Fisk finds out.

Victoria Delacroix, who had been working in the States at a camp for the disabled, was preparing to skydive in an attempt to beat her fear of heights on July 29, 2006.

But her plane crashed in Sullivan, Missouri, and she died in hospital.

Her family, who live in Blandford Road, Beckenham, are still struggling to cope with their loss.

Victoria's mother Susan said: "It is very difficult.

"We will be marking the anniversary very quietly.

"It is very difficult for every single member of the family."

Mrs Delacroix visited a bench placed by the lake in Kelsey Park, Beckenham, in memory of her daughter during the weekend.

She also took some flowers to Victoria's garden in Beckenham Crematorium.

Mrs Delacroix said: "Her friends at the camp said the day she died there was a butterfly and it never left them.

"This weekend we had a butterfly and it was there all this weekend.

"She has got lots of butterflies all through her garden.

Victoria suffered severe injuries in the crash, which saw one of the plane's engines explode before smashing into an electricity pylon and hitting the ground.

Her injuries included a crushed pelvis and damage to her internal organs.

The former Cator Park School for Girls' pupil, who was 22 at the time of her death, was airlifted to a hospital in St Louis and died later the same day.

Her family is taking legal action against the makers of the plane's engines and the estate of the pilot, who also died in the crash.

Legal proceedings are being handled by a Kansas City law firm and are expected to take several years.

Mrs Delacroix, who is the full time carer for her 71-year-old husband Vivian, 71, says they are waiting for a report from the National Transport Safety Board.

The 58-year-old added: "We always remember things about Victoria and she's never been out of our minds.

"It is hard now to talk about it because she is missed so much.

"I do not think it will get easier because Victoria is not here and it was through no fault of hers.

"She went out to the USA to help people to enjoy themselves and we ended up having her cremated.

"We're all very low."