Ms Zmegac was frantically trying to reach her husband, but her calls went unanswered.Īfter 40 anxious minutes, the call came from an ambulance driver, who informed her Mr Zmegac was being taken to The Alfred hospital. Pauly Khaled and Kalinda Nheu were described as motoring enthusiasts. Police believe speed was a factor in the smash. The ute driver, Pauly Khaled, 22, and his passenger Kalinda Nheu, 18, died at the scene. He had been driving on the Nepean Highway on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula about 11.15pm when his 4WD collided head-on with a yellow ute. Instead of getting home to bed, Mr Zmegac was crouched beside his car and covered in blood, believing he was about to die. Only 15 minutes earlier, they were in the emergency department, comforting their five-year-old son, Chase, after an asthma attack. Darren and his wife Samantha are still reeling from the crash. I can’t breathe,” Mr Zmegac told her before hanging up. Samantha Zmegac, 29, had been tending to her sick son at Melbourne’s Frankston Hospital the night her husband phoned in a panic. And innocent people like Mr Zmegac and his family are left to pick up the pieces. Yet, victims fear, drivers just don’t care enough to slow down. In New South Wales, four people were killed during the Queen’s Birthday weekend. Photo: Victoria PoliceĪustralia as a whole is on track for a horror year of crashes, with the provisional number of road deaths across the nation already 40 more than this time last year. Michael Keating was riding his bike to pick up lunch when he was struck.
One of the latest fatalities in the state was that of 18-year-old Michael Keating, who died when he was hit by a truck while cycling near Bendigo on Friday. It comes as Victoria’s 2019 road toll climbed to 147 by the end of the long weekend – that’s 56 more dead on the roads than the same time last year. But he lives every day with the consequences of another driver’s decisions.įacing a long rehabilitation from multiple injuries and the prospect of prolonged financial stress, Mr Zmegac is now pleading for drivers to be more responsible behind the wheel. Two other people were killed in the crash.
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