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The parents of a young barista who died in a terrifying car accident have been devastated after the tragic death of their only son.
Mother Julie Sheriff said she was “heartbroken” after her daughter lost control of her new car on the Kwinana Highway in Baldivis, south of Perth on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old was driving to a friend’s house just before midnight when her Nissan X-Trail was rear-ended by a Nissan Maxima, which propelled her vehicle into a bike lane.
Abbey Sheriff, 21, was found dead at the scene, while a 28-year-old woman driving another vehicle was taken to hospital.
Abbey, an avid soccer player, was found dead at the scene, while a 28-year-old woman who was in the Maxima was taken to hospital.
Ms Sheriff told Daily Mail Australia that they were both traveling northbound and claims that “the other driver cut the left rear of [Abbey’s] car’ when he came off the exit ramp while Abbey was on the freeway.
The grieving mother said she was “devastated” when he realized that his only daughter had been murdered.
“I was in shock and my heart was broken,” Mrs. Sheriff said.
“Abbey means the world to me, she was my life, my best friend and my girl, I can’t live this life without her.”
Her father, Darren Sheriff, told her 7News her daughter was separated from the family too soon.
Julie Sheriff said through tears that Abbey “made me a mother.” “She’s my world, she’s my only child,” she added as she cried alongside her husband (pictured devastated parents Darren and Julie Sheriff).
Paramedics at the scene of the accident (pictured) were forced to wait for the fire brigade to arrive as the team had to remove Ms. Sheriff from her disabled car.
“For them to take her so soon, 21 is too young,” the father said. She should bury us, not the other way around.
Paramedics at the scene of the accident were forced to wait for the fire brigade to arrive, as the team had to remove Ms. Sheriff from the disabled car.
Ms. Sheriff had just purchased the vehicle last month as an early Christmas present for herself, posting about it on social media: “Here’s a fresh start.”
Sheriff said his daughter drove the same road every day to work as she tried to understand the accident.
“She was so proud of her car when she first received it,” she added.
Ms Sheriff said she was ‘heartbroken’ after her daughter, Abbey, was killed when she lost control of her new car on the Kwinana Highway in Baldivis, south of Perth on Wednesday (pictured mother, father and daughter together)
Ms. Sheriff said she knew something was wrong when Abbey didn’t text her how to get to her friend’s house safely.
So the couple went out into the street and followed the young woman’s route before meeting the emergency services on the highway.
The distraught parents were forced to wait three hours before receiving the terrible news of Abbey’s death, while being kept from her vehicle.
Emergency crews worked for several hours to clear the scene.
Witness Deacon Tremain, 21, said he saw the trunk of the car had been ripped off after he stopped to look at the X-Trail on the bike track.
“I couldn’t see anybody in the car at all,” he told the Western Australia.
Abbey’s football club, the Mandurah Mustangs, posted moving tributes to the junior player on Friday. “She played a pivotal role in our inaugural women’s team, everyone adored her, a gentle, kind, caring soul, and a beautiful, vibrant, smiling exterior,” she said.
She told Daily Mail Australia that she and her husband can find some comfort after touching and holding their daughter.
“We only identified our daughter yesterday and we couldn’t hug or kiss her, we could only see her through the glass windows,” said Ms. Sheriff.
the lady sheriff told him nine news tearfully that Abbey ‘made me a mother’.
“She couldn’t have been more perfect: her nature, how she dealt with life, she was so giving,” the mother said.
‘I will never heal from this, I will never be the same.’
Officers with the Major Crash Investigation Unit are investigating the fatal crash and are urging witnesses or anyone with dash cam footage of the crash to come forward.
Police said no one has been charged or arrested in the fatal accident.
Floral tributes and cards have been left at the site featuring various bouquets left by mourners in honor of Abbey.
“I’m never going to heal from this, I’ll never be the same,” said Mrs. Sheriff (pictured right with her daughter Abbey).
Her soccer club, the Mandurah Mustangs, posted moving tributes to the junior player on Friday.
“She played a pivotal role in our inaugural women’s team, was adored by all, a gentle, kind, caring soul, and a beautiful, vibrant, smiling exterior,” he said.
‘But don’t be fooled, she could smash the big guns on the football field. Rest easy kid, fly high.
A GoFundMe The page was created to cover the costs of the young woman’s funeral and had exceeded $10,000 by Saturday.
‘[We hope to] create a beautiful send-off for our baby girl, Abbey Rose,” her father wrote on the page.