Image caption Andreea Cristea was on holiday with her partner Andrei Burnaz 
 
 A Romanian woman who fell into the Thames during the Westminster terror attack has died, police have said. 
 
 Andreea Cristea is the fifth victim of the attack on 22 March, in which Khalid Masood drove into crowds on Westminster Bridge then stabbed a policeman to death, before being shot dead himself. 
 
 Ms Cristea, 31, who was on holiday with boyfriend Andrei Burnaz, had been in hospital since the attack. 
 
 It has emerged that Mr Burnaz had been planning to propose during the day out. 
 
 'Ray of light' 
 
 A family statement confirmed Ms Cristea, who was an architect, had died on Thursday. 
 
 The family said: "After fighting for her life for over two weeks, our beloved and irreplaceable Andreea - wonderful daughter, sister, partner, dedicated friend and the most unique and life loving person you can imagine - was cruelly and brutally ripped away from our lives in the most heartless and spiritless way. 
 
 "She will always be remembered as our shining ray of light that will forever keep on shining in our hearts." 
 
 The family said they were "deeply touched and eternally grateful" to the "never-ending dedication" of the medical staff who treated Ms Cristea, saying their "kindness and empathy are beyond compare". 
 
 "There are no words to even begin to describe the crushing pain and emptiness that is left in our hearts," they continued. 
 
 Mr Burnaz, who sustained a broken foot in the attack, visited Westminster Bridge last week to lay a single white rose. 
 
 The couple were in London to celebrate Mr Burnaz's birthday and he had been planning to propose to Ms Cristea that day, Romania's UK ambassador Dan Mihalache told the BBC. 
 
 He said it was thought Masood's car had mounted the pavement and hit Mr Burnaz, before pushing Ms Cristea into the Thames. 
 
 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he was "deeply saddened to hear of the death of Andreea Cristea". 
 
 He tweeted: "Londoners hold her & her loved ones in our thoughts today." 
 
 Image copyright PA Image caption Andrei Burnaz visited Westminster Bridge last week to lay a single white rose 
 
 The other people killed on the bridge were Aysha Frade, 44, who worked at a London sixth-form college, US tourist Kurt Cochran, 54, from Utah, and retired window cleaner Leslie Rhodes, 75, from south London. 
 
 Father-of-two PC Keith Palmer was fatally stabbed outside Parliament. 
 
 Relatives of those killed joined members of the Royal Family at a "service of hope" held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday. 
 
 Ms Cristea's family said they would now like money donated for her recovery to be given to charity. ||||| LONDON — A 31-year-old Romanian architect who plunged into the River Thames when a terrorist plowed a vehicle into pedestrians in London became the fifth victim to die as a result of the attack last month, the police said on Friday. 
 
 Image Andreea Cristea Credit London Metropolitan Police, via European Pressphoto Agency 
 
 The story of the Romanian woman, Andreea Cristea, captured the hearts of Londoners — and many people around the world — after the March 22 attack on Parliament, which also wounded more than 50 people. ||||| Tweet with a location 
 
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– The victim death toll from the London terror attack last month is now at five after a woman pulled from the Thames was taken off life support Thursday and died, the New York Times reports. Andreea Cristea, a 31-year-old architect from Romania, had been on the Westminster Bridge on March 22 when Khalid Masood rammed his car into a crowd of pedestrians. The Times says it still hasn't been determined whether the force of Masood's car sent Cristea into the river or if she jumped in to get out of the way, though the BBC quotes the Romanian ambassador to the UK as saying it appears Masood's car hit Cristea's boyfriend, Andrei Burnaz, before slamming into Cristea and sending her over the edge of the bridge. Cristea and Burnaz had been in London to celebrate Burnaz's birthday, and Burnaz, who suffered a broken foot in the attack, had an even bigger surprise planned: He intended to ask Cristea to marry him the same day as the attack. He joined her family in issuing a statement that described the "crushing pain and emptiness" now that Cristea has passed, noting she was "cruelly and brutally ripped away from our lives in the most heartless and spiritless way." They also added any leftover money people had donated to help fund her medical care would now go to charity. London's mayor paid tribute to Cristea on Twitter, saying he was "deeply saddened" to hear she had died. "Londoners hold her & her loved ones in our thoughts today," tweeted Sadiq Khan early Friday.