In a statement after her death in hospital the following day, Melissa's parents, Michael Tate and Kimberley Wilson, said the schoolgirl had saved the lives of four sick children after the family decided to donate her organs.
Esitatimendeni esivele emuva kokufa kwakhe esibhedlela ngakusasa, abazali baMelissa, uMichael Tate noKimberley Wilson, bathe ingane yesikole yasindisa impilo yezingane ezine ezigulayo emuva kokuba umndeni uthathe isinqumo sokunikela ngezicubu zakhe.