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THE mother of Bree Keller has described her daughter’s fatal decision to get into a $200,000 supercar with men she “didn’t really know†before it lost control and crashed on Saturday as a “sliding doors momentâ€.
Tania Keller confirmed her 22-year-old daughter “didn't’ really know†brothers Steve and Jeff Nasr and father-of-four Joseph Bagala who were inside the Nissan GT-R R35 before it erupted into flames.
Ms Keller and the Nasr brothers were killed, while Mr Bagala remains in hospital with horrific burns.
“It was a sliding doors moment. Get in the car or not get in the car,†her mother Tania said.
“A wrong decision.â€
Tania Keller said “we can’t bring her home†because police were still waiting to confirm her identity such was the horrific nature of the crash.
“The circumstances of her death are horrific and we have to live with that and this week we’ve been having to live with the fact we can’t bring her home,†she said
Bree Keller’s brother Dion said they were a strong family and would get through the loss together.
“We’re a very strong family it’ going to be very tough ... But we’re all in this together. We’re all going to get through this together.â€
Ms Keller’s stepfather Peter Francis said she loved junk food — especially chicken nuggets.
“She loved her food. She loved fast food. Chicken nuggets were one of her favourites.
“We’d just have dinner and she’d say. I just want to pop down to 7-11 to get some popcorn, some ice cream, some chocolate. We used to say to her we just ate dinner,†he said.
A long-time friend of Ms Keller’s said he only spoke to the 22-year-old on Friday about catching up.
She didn’t say anything about plans to go out that night.
The next day he found out she had lost her life.
“I spoke to her on Friday. She was good saying we’d have to catch up. I hadn’t seen her in a while. We only talked briefly,†Hayden Zuffo said.
“The next day at dinner I got a phone call letting me know what had happened.â€
Ms Zuffo said he had been friends with Ms Keller since she was 13 and a student at Mackellar Girls.
He said they had started hanging out with different people but always kept in touch.
He did not know the Nasr brothers in the car with her, or Joseph Bagala who remains in St Vincent’s Hospital.
“She was adventurous and loved to try new things. She was really nice. Everyone loved her, she didn’t have any enemies,†he said.
“She made friends with everyone.â€