News in 5: Actress loses two daughters in two months; Hawaii volcano; Camilla Franks surprises.

With AAP.

1. Broadway star loses unborn baby just two months after her 4-year-old daughter was killed in a fatal crash.

A Tony-award winning actress has lost her unborn baby due to injuries sustained from a crash that killed her four-year-old daughter two months ago.

Ruthie Ann Miles was 30 weeks pregnant when she, her best friend and their children, were hit by a car in New York in March. Now, a lawyer for Miles and her husband Jonathan Blumenstein has told the New York Daily News the couple’s unborn daughter, Sophia Rosemary Wong Blumenstein, was another victim of the crash.

“At the time of the crash Ruthie was pregnant and was severely injured. This past Friday Ruthie and Jonathan lost their baby, Sophia Rosemary Wong Blumenstein,” Ben Rubinowitz said. “The pain suffered by Ruthie and Jonathan is nearly impossible to fathom.”

In March this year, Miles was crossing a New York street with her friend Lauren Lew and their young children when a driver, Dorothy Bruns, ran a red light and slammed into them. Miles’ four-year-old daughter Abigail and Lew’s 20-month-old son, Joshua, were killed.

Forty-four-year-old Bruns, who suffers from multiple sclerosis and failing health, is charged with manslaughter.

2. NSW mum believes stillborn daughter “held on” to give twin brother best chance at life.

A NSW mum believes her stillborn baby daughter, Halo, “held on”, despite being told she would not make it past the first trimester, to give her twin brother the best start at life.

At 12 weeks pregnant, Yana Williams and her husband James found out their little girl, Halo, was not going to survive birth because of a heart defect. However, she lived until 33 weeks, with Ms Williams going into labour in September 2017.

“I truly believe she held on to give him (her twin brother Kyzan) the best chance of life,” she told 7 News, saying she kept Halo in a “cuddle cot” nearby for three days.

It was when Ms Williams then had issues feeding baby Kyzan that she decided she wanted to help people, explaining he was not drinking the amount of milk she was producing.

“Kyzan was only having 10 to 30 millilitres every three hours the first couple of weeks so having 360 millilitres was heaps,” she told 7 News.

“Enough to feed four babies.”

She has since donated her milk to a father looking on the Facebook page Human Milk for Human Babies, and another six litres to Mother’s Milk Bank on the Gold Coast.

She now encourages any woman with an oversupply of breast milk to look into donating.

3. Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has violently erupted, shooting ash 30,000 feet into the sky.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has erupted from its summit, shooting a dusty plume of ash about 30,000 feet into the sky.

Mike Poland, a geophysicist with the US Geological Survey, confirmed the explosion on Thursday.

It comes after more than a dozen fissures recently opened miles to the east of the crater and spewed lava into neighbourhoods.

Camilla Franks has made a triumphant appearance at her closing show of Australian Fashion Week, after revealing her breast cancer diagnosis.

The 42-year-old designer, who gave birth to baby girl Luna Gypsy in January, made her illness known one week before her show in Sydney and wouldn't confirm if she would attend.

But the impressive Japanese-inspired collection and extravagant show was almost eclipsed by the presence of the designer herself, who walked out to cheers at the closing show in Sydney on Thursday night.

Even before the fashion show began, guests were welcomed into a large hall transformed into a Japanese wonderland.

Surrounding walls, more than 10 metres high, were draped in printed silk fabric while a cherry blossom tree stood resplendent in the middle of the room.

A traditional Japanese tea ceremony was carried out on a carpet of faux cherry blossoms that covered the floor.

While sipping on matcha lattes, guests including The Veronicas and Michelle Bridges were treated to a fashion show like no other.

Musicians performed traditional Japanese music on kotos - stringed instruments - and Japanese drums while a Butoh dancer danced before models walked out in Camilla's latest designs.

Silk pyjama suits and statement dresses were all given a Japanese twist, combining the style of a Camilla kaftan with a traditional Japanese kimono, worn by models of all ages and ethnicities.

The show closed out with a shower of cherry blossoms before Franks herself appeared leading a troupe of children dressed in her designs.

She embraced her fiance, Welsh musician JP Jones, who was in the audience with their baby daughter, as Australian Fashion Week came to a close.