A young girl who died in a motorway crash used her "last act in this world" to help save the life of her three-year-old cousin, her family have said.
Iman Zainab Javed was killed when a lorry collided with two cars on the M61 near Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, at about 22:30 GMT on 23 January.
Her family said she had had a "special bond" with her cousin, Aaima Vasim - who suffers from a serious heart condition - who she helped out of the wreckage before she died.
Police said the 11-year-old's father, who was driving, remains "critical".
Iman, of Rochdale, was in the back of a VW Sharan heading southbound that collided with a Renault Clio before a lorry struck both cars.
Three other people suffered less serious injuries in the crash.
Linda Cotton, Iman's head teacher at Norden Community Primary School, said her death had been a "tremendous shock".
