Moments from disaster: Chilling livestream captures a young nurse and her friends enjoying a day out moments before car rolled and hit a tree – killing her and another passenger
- Samikshya Subedi, 22, and Gopal Bhandari died in a car with three other friends
- Subedi, a young Nepalese nurse, was filming the trip hours before the accident
- The driver, also aged 22, lost control of the grey Mazda 6 and rammed into a tree
- The sedan rolled over multiple times, injuring three people and killing the two
- A police officer described the ‘tragic’ accident’ as a ‘life changing situation’
A young Nepalese nurse was happily dancing and singing to music with four friends inside a car before it lost control and slammed into a tree, killing her and another passenger.
Samikshya Subedi, 22, live streamed the road trip with her friends from Sydney to the Snowy Mountains before the grey Mazda 6 crashed on the Monaro Highway near Cooma in Canberra’s south at about 3.40am on Sunday.
The Queensford College student and a male front seat passenger, Gopal Bhandari, died after the fully-loaded sedan rolled over multiple times before landing on its roof.
Queanbeyan Police inspector Sandy Green described the horrific scene as ‘life changing’ for emergency services and was ‘absolutely tragic’.
Samikshya Subedi (pictured), 22, live streamed the road trip with her friends from Sydney to the Snowy Mountains hours before the grey Mazda 6 crashed on the Monaro Highway
Queanbeyan Police inspector Sandy Green described the accident as a ‘life changing situation’ for emergency services and was ‘absolutely tragic’
The 22-year-old driver and a 19-year-old passenger suffered non life-threatening head injuries and were airlifted to Canberra hospital.
Another passenger was driven by paramedics to Cooma hospital.
Rishi Acharya, a leader from the Napalese community in Australia, was told by one of the survivors the driver had tried to dodge a kangaroo or a rabbit on the road, when the sedan lost control.
Ms Subedi flew several metres from the car and died immediately at the scene near Rose Valley Road in Bunyan, about 10km north of Cooma.
The parents of Mr Bhandari were left devastated as they struggled to accept the death of their only son, the Canberra Times reported.
Ms Green said high speed contributed to the crash but are still investigating the exact circumstances.
It is unknown at this stage if fatigue was a factor in the accident.
Ms Subedi flew several metres from the car and died immediately at the scene near Rose Valley Road in Bunyan, about 10km north of Cooma
Rishi Acharya, a leader from the Napalese community in Australia, was told by one of the survivors the driver had tried to dodge a kangaroo or a rabbit on the road, when the sedan lost control
‘It is rather daunting. When I arrived on the scene I was taken aback,’ Ms Green said.
‘This is a life changing situation for all those emergency services, for every person that went past that accident today.
‘I cannot stress enough about driving to conditions and riving to the speed and resting and taking turns in driving.’
Tributes have flown on social media after Ms Subedi died.
‘Can’t believe she is no more,’ Prasanna Subedi wrote.
‘Just yesterday I was watching her live. Rest in Peace and get well soon friends.’
‘This is a life changing situation for all those emergency services, for every person that went past that accident today,’ said Ms Green