Baby shower ends in tragedy after the father’s best mate was struck by a car and killed when he left the celebration
- Jayden McKay, 21, was struck by a car and killed after leaving baby shower
- His best mate and father-to-be are shattered by the tragic loss of the SA man, 21
- Police said the driver of the vehicle is assisting them with their inquiries
A young man who attended his friend’s baby shower has tragically died after being struck by a car after leaving the celebration.
Jayden McKay, 21, left the home of Jarrod Hardman and Brittany Binetti in Aldinga Beach, 46km south of Adelaide, on Saturday night at about 9:30pm, when he was hit by a car on Norman Road and died a the scene.
The heartbroken couple remembered him as a ‘loving, caring kind-hearted gentle soul’ and one of the ‘nicest people I’ve ever met’.
Brittany Binetti (left) and Jarrod Hardman’s (right) baby shower ended in tragedy when their great friend Jayden McKay was killed by a car
‘He was an amazing person, who was so kind to everybody and always looked after his friends,’ Mr Hardman he told the Advertiser.
‘No matter what he was going through, he always looked after his friends. We went to school together and we’ve been close friends half our life,’
The couple had returned to their Norman Road house for a few drinks after the baby shower when Jayden ‘wandered off and on to the road’ at around 9.30pm.
They heard a noise and when they went to check on Mr McKay, they found that he’d been hit by a car.
They don’t blame the woman who hit their friend, saying she didn’t know he was there as there are no lights along the road.
Mr McKay’s mother Kirsty said he was the ‘most loving, caring kind-hearted gentle soul you could ever have had the pleasure to meet’.
Jayden McKay (pictured) was said by friends to have had a bright future ahead of him
Jayden McKay, 21, had been at a baby shower before being hit and killed on a dangerous stretch of road
She said he was an old soul who was loved by everyone and did not have a mean bone in his body.
‘He was not only my son but he was my best friend, my travelling companion, my sounding board, my entire world,’ she said.
Mr Hardman said Mr McKay would have had a bright future at civil construction company Catcon, where they worked together.
Police said the driver of the vehicle was assisting in their investigations.
Ms Binetti’s father, Paul, said the road where Mr McKay was killed can be very dangerous.
‘You hear cars going up and down like a drag strip,’ he told 7News.
Locals say that stretch of road has become very busy in recent years.
They are now calling for an urgent safety upgrade in the area to prevent another tragedy from happening.
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