Bochara Victoria crash: Alicia Montebello, 31, accused of grooming teens sent disturbing messages

The woman who died in a horrific car accident along with three teenagers had pledged her love to a young teenage girl and posted photos of her kissing the youngster.

Alicia Montebello, 31, was killed on Saturday when her red Toyota Corolla hatchback spun out of control and crashed into a tree near Bochara in southwest Victoria.

The Coles cashier died in the devastating blow along with local Hamilton teenagers Meghan Fox, 14, Joshua Elmes, 15, and Lucas Gorzali, 14.

Meghan’s sister Jorja, 17, survived the crash but remains in hospital in serious condition with critical upper body injuries.

A haunting final photo of Jorja, taken several days earlier, shows her in the passenger seat of the Corolla without a seatbelt as it apparently speeds down the road.

The photo, which appeared as the final image in Ms. Montebello’s latest TikTok video posted on May 14, appears to have been taken by the driver while driving.

Police believe no one in the car was wearing a seatbelt at the time of Saturday’s horror crash, and parents had previously warned about Ms Montebello.

The Adelaide-born woman had been banned from driving twice after being caught driving drunk in an unregistered car and driving while disqualified.

But parents also told police they feared their teenage daughter – who is not being identified by Daily Mail Australia – was being groomed for sex by Ms Montebello.

Now Daily Mail Australia can reveal a series of online messages from the adult to the teenager almost half her age telling her ‘I love you… I love you little one.’

In another message, she added, “My dear friend – I love you little one.”

In another message to the teen after she posted a photo of herself in a party dress, Ms. Montebello added, “Wow you in the blue dress gawjus.”

Ms Montebello was charged with stalking and causing damage to a teenager’s car in February and was released on bail on the condition that she failed to contact two teenage girls.

But she had bombarded the teen – who had been dating one of the teenage boys killed in the crash – with about 30 text messages in late March before she showed up for work.

On March 31, she posted a video to TikTok telling the teens, “I miss you guys – best friends forever and ever. I love you. My world.’

In a second video the same day, she posted more photos and added, “I promise I’ll always be there for you one way or another.”

‘I’ll make sure it works. I love you xx’

She was arrested and charged with breaching her bail conditions when she was caught with the two teens in the early hours of April in Hamilton.

Ms. Montebello was fined $700 without conviction for willful damage, two counts of stalking and four counts of breaching bail, the agency reported. Warrnambool standard.

Police have yet to reveal who was behind the wheel of the car at the time of the crash, and detectives hope Jorja Fox can help with investigations when she is well enough.

On Sunday, Police Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir confirmed that a witness saw the group’s car leave a local waterfall park around 1 a.m. Saturday.

The wreckage was found by a passerby around 9am on the single lane Wannon-Nigretta Falls Road in Bochara, 200 miles west of Melbourne.

It is not yet clear when exactly the accident happened and how long it took before the emergency services were alerted.

The father of one of the teens who died in the tragic accident has revealed that he warned his son not to get in the car with Ms. Montebello.

Matthew Elmes, 46, father of Joshua, feared Ms Montebello was a dangerous driver feeding the youngsters’ need for fast paced thrills.

“If you want an adrenaline rush, it’s probably better to go to a theme park or skydive, but don’t get in a car,” Mr Elmes said.

Ms. Montebello had been regularly seen driving the Corolla in the area prior to the crash and reportedly encouraged her passengers not to wear seatbelts while driving “irregularly”.

A chilling video apparently taken inside the car was posted to Snapchat just hours before the crash and appears to show it traveling down a country road at 80 mph.

Asst Commr Weir said a crash reconstruction on the narrow stretch of road where the accident occurred indicated the car was traveling well above 60 mph.

“To get that speed on that road at that time of day, any time really, is just incomprehensible to me,” he said.

A police spokesman said the investigation was continuing and said it was “inappropriate” to comment further as the crash was now the subject of a corona investigation.