A ‘daddy’s little girl’ has been identified as the teenage motorist who tragically died after losing control of her car and ploughing into a tree.
Selina Bennetts Ly was killed instantly when she veered off the road on Horsley Drive at Wetherill Park in Sydney’s west just after 11pm on Thursday.
Four of her friends, two boys aged 16 and 17, and two girls, aged 17 and 19, were taken to Liverpool and Westmead hospitals for further treatment.
Their injuries are not considered life threatening.
Ms Bennetts Ly’s heartbroken father Sok told the Daily Telegraph he ‘wished’ he had the chance to tell her how proud he was.
‘I’m not sure what to say right now, she loves to spend time with me every time I go out she will come along,’ he said.
‘She loves computer games, she’s a big lover of pets. Selina is daddy’s little girl who never once has spoken back and always respects me.’
‘I can say I’m really proud of her. I just wish I had the chance to.’
It’s understood she was driving on a provisional licence.
Fairfield Police are investigating the incident and have asked anyone with information or dashcam footage to contact Crime Stoppers.
‘Police will prepare a report regarding the woman’s death for the information of the coroner,’ a spokesperson for NSW Police said in a statement.
It comes after three members of the same family were killed in a horror crash between a car and a tanker near Brisbane on Thursday morning.
Steven Wheeler, 54, and his parents Bob Wheeler, 84, and Magret, 81, were declared dead at the scene following the collision at about 5.45am.
The male driver of the semi-trailer, 52, suffered minor injuries and was rushed by paramedics to Kingaroy Hospital in a stable condition.
On Tuesday night, two close friends were killed after a suspended driver crashed into their motorbike in Greenacre in Sydney’s west.
William Brown, 26, and his passenger Doey Choi, 24, were thrown several metres after a Toyota Corolla turned at a busy intersection at about 7pm.
Despite the efforts of paramedics both Brown and Choi died at the scene while the driver was taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition.
More than a dozen people have died on NSW roads in two weeks.