Arabic version: مدرب يستذكر مراهقة من سيل قُتلت في تصادم ليدكورت

According to ABC News, Tenesha Fieldsend, 14, died after a three-vehicle collision on the Western Highway at Ledcourt in Victoria’s west about 6:45pm on Sunday. She was returning from a volleyball tournament in Horsham with her family when the vehicle she was travelling in collided with a truck and another vehicle.

Fieldsend, from Sale east of Melbourne, had represented Latrobe Valley Volleyball at the Volleyball Victoria Junior Country Championships in Horsham. Her team won bronze in the under-17 girls division. Coach Blake Hunter said she was known affectionately as “T” by teammates and should be remembered as a “bubbly, bright, energetic, [and] fun-loving girl” with a “heart of gold”.

“She was always the heart of the team,” Mr Hunter said, adding that other teams at the tournament knew her as an energetic player who was always happy and excited. He said she had a bright future, was loved by many people and would be sorely missed.

Fieldsend was travelling in a Mitsubishi Triton driven by her 17-year-old brother, with her 11-year-old sister and 43-year-old mother. The two occupants of a third vehicle, an MG ZS, died at the scene. Mr Hunter said the brother was coping as well as could be expected after losing his sister, while the 11-year-old remained in critical care and was undergoing surgeries.

Volleyball Latrobe Valley said it was deeply saddened by Fieldsend’s death, describing her as a much-loved member of the sporting community. Volleyball Horsham called her death following the championships heartbreaking. Mr Hunter said counselling would be arranged for junior players, while a GoFundMe had been set up to support the family. Police are continuing to investigate the collision.