Devastated teenager reveals the sliding doors moment she was asked to get in the car with the teenagers who were tragically killed when their Nissan Navara ute slammed into a tree
- Tearful 15-year-old girl was texting one of the girls who died in Buxton tragedy
- Five teenagers died after ute slammed into a tree 100km south west of Sydney
- The driver of the Nissan Navara ute, 18, survived and has been arrested
- Ellie Mount said she was invited to join the group but couldn’t stay out late
- Shattered friends and parents of the teens gathered at the accident scene today
A distraught teenager has revealed she was asked to join the five friends who died in a horrific ute crash in Sydney’s southwest, but declined the invitation because she couldn’t stay out too late.
The accident in Buxton near Picton, 100km southwest of Sydney on Tuesday night, has shocked the nation and shattered a tight-knit community.
The crash claimed the lives of five teenagers – two 16-year-old boys and three girls, who were aged 14 and 15 years old.
Ellie Mount, 15, was texting one of the girls just hours before the Nissan Navara ute collided with a tree.
‘They invited me to hang out and I told them I couldn’t stay out too late,’ the devastated teen told 9News.
Distraught teenager Ellie Mount (pictured above right) has revealed she was asked to join the five friends who died in a horrific ute crash in Sydney’s south-west but declined
Ms Mount said she played soccer with some of victims and that she regretted not asking her mum to pick some of them up.
Driver Tyrell Edwards, 18, the sole survivor, was arrested on Wednesday evening and taken to nearby Narellan police station where he was later charged.
Edwards, who was allegedly driving, was found lying next tot he wreck of the ute and taken to Liverpool Hospital for mandatory blood and urine testing.
A tearful Ms Mount was among the many shattered friends and parents who gathered at the crash site on Wednesday morning leaving bunches of flowers in sad tributes.
Bunches of flowers have been left by mourners, many Picton High students, at the crash scene
Ms Mount, clutching her own bouquet, was among them.
Also there was heartbroken Joey Desisto, father of one of the 16-year-old boys.
Mr Desisto and his wife Belinda placed a pair of his white runners and a sweatshirt by the scarred tree that the ute ploughed into.
His father also ritually emptied a can of Red Bull – his son’s favourite soft drink – over the floral tributes that had been laid at the base of the tree.
Heartbroken Joey Desisto (in white), father of one of the 16-year-old boys killed in the horror ute smash in Sydney’s south-west, has collapsed in grief at the tragic crash site
The family stayed at the site for half an hour as they held their own private memorial, putting their arms around one another while Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd played.
The devastated dad sobbed as he was surrounded by family members who hugged and cried while his wife yelled ‘no’ in grief.
Mr Desisto and his wife lay down on the ground and hugged as Prince’s Purple Rain and Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd played.
The five teens died in a horrific crash when the Nissan Navara ute they were in veered off the road at Buxton just after 8pm and hit a tree (Pictured above, the accident scene)
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