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‘They seemed so happy and full of hope. I could never, ever have imagined that it would become my final memory of them.’
with a Mitsubishi Triton and a truck on the Western Highway, near Mount Drummond Rd, in Ledcourt about 6.45pm on Sunday. Know the news with the 7NEWS app:, a 14-year-old passenger in the Mitsubishi, was airlifted to hospital but later died.
Just eight days earlier, Zheng and Wang had marked five years of marriage, having tied the knot on September 19, 2021. The couple had built a life together in western Victoria, where Zheng was a manager at Horsham Dental Group and Wang worked as a nurse at Grampians Health Horsham and Dimboola. Jingjing Tang, who got to know the couple through Peanut, remembered Zheng and Wang as a “lovely young couple” who were “kind, quiet and friendly”.
She revealed the pair had been looking forward to an exciting new chapter in their lives after working hard to build a future together.
“The last time Michael proudly told me that they had been granted Australia permanent residency, and he had been promoted to manager at the dental clinic,” Tang told 7NEWS.com.au. “It really felt like a new chapter of their lives was just beginning. “I could never, ever have imagined that it would become my final memory of them. It’s incredibly heartbreaking.
”Credit: Facebook Their sudden deaths have also devastated friends and colleagues across the local healthcare community, who have remembered the couple for their kindness, warmth and devotion to one another.
“Michael was a great person who we were proud to have known, worked with and called our friend,” the group said in a statement. “They were both well loved and respected by the community and will be deeply missed. Credit: Facebook A former colleague of Zheng told 7NEWS.com.au she remembered her time working alongside him as “genuinely positive”. Wang’s colleagues also paid tribute to the “beautiful, kind and caring” nurse, who was affectionately known as Anji, or Anqi.
“I’ll always treasure our conversations, I can still see your big smiling face or look of confusion when we use a new ‘slang’. “I still feel your light touch on my shoulder followed by your forehead and a very quiet I’m so tired Leah after a long night or PM shift. “Beautiful and kind inside and out, our angel on earth now in heaven! ”Another colleague said it had been an “absolute honour” to work alongside Wang.
“Our laughs and the scrunchie you made me will be forever treasured. Fly high. ” Amid the grief, friends have taken comfort in the fact Zheng and Wang remained together until the end.
“Such a tragedy, so young and whole life ahead of them. Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the three-vehicle crash. The 17-year-old learner driver of the Mitsubishi and an 11-year-old girl who was also travelling in the ute were airlifted to hospital with minor injuries. Anyone who witnessed the crash, has CCTV or dashcam footage, or has other information has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
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