Grieving mother pleads for Western Highway road change

Olivia Shying
Updated July 26 2016 - 5:59pm, first published 5:50pm
TIME FOR CHANGE: The grieving mother of Nik Barbara, 21, who was killed in a fiery Western Highway crash is calling on road authorities to widen the stretch of road. Picture: Jodie King of JJ Photography
TIME FOR CHANGE: The grieving mother of Nik Barbara, 21, who was killed in a fiery Western Highway crash is calling on road authorities to widen the stretch of road. Picture: Jodie King of JJ Photography

A GRIEVING mother whose 21-year-old son was killed in a fiery Western Highway collision is calling for the Pykes Creek “death trap” to be widened, so no other family faces the cruel grief she will endure for the rest of her life.

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Olivia Shying

Olivia Shying

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