A GIGGLESWICK man whose teenage daughters were crushed to death has spoken emotionally of how he battled to save them.

Sarah and Victoria Hicks were among the 96 people who died in the Hillsborough tragedy.

This week, father Trevor gave harrowing evidence at an inquest into the deaths.

Sarah, 19, and Victoria, 15, had been standing in the central pens behind the goal on the Leppings Lane terrace when tragedy struck.

Mr Hicks told the inquest – sitting in Warrington – that he called out their names as he gave them mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions.

And he described the heartbreaking moment he had "no choice" but to leave his elder daughter on the pitch as he carried Vicki into an ambulance.

Liverpool University student Sarah and her football-mad sister had travelled to the ground with their parents on April 15, 1989, for the FA Cup semi-final.

Mr Hicks had earlier described Sarah as a "classic A student" and that Vicki had been determined to be a sports writer, producing secret match reports from their home after every trip to Anfield.

The inquest is not expected to conclude until next year.