Forever Four: Mother Char-ged After Daughter’s Fa-t-al Canning Vale Crash As Chil-ling Details Behind The Tragedy Emerge
A mum who was behind the wheel of a car when it crashed into another, killing her four-year-old daughter, has been charged.
Saoirse Wynne, 33, was driving her daughter Layna Leavy and her eight-year-old son inside a Holden Astra when it crashed into a Ford Mustang in Canning Vale in Perth‘s southeast on June 3.
Witnesses heard a loud bang and a child screaming. Layna was rushed to hospital with critical injuries but could not be saved.
At the time, Wynne described Layna as ‘the happiest girl I ever knew’.
‘Our hearts are shattered into a million pieces,’ she wrote.
‘Four years on this earth was never long enough. I hope you felt nothing but love in your life and loved every single adventure we went on.
‘I hope you continue to sing and dance in the sky and forever in our hearts. Mammy loves you, my baby girl, forever four.’
On Monday, WA Police confirmed a 33-year-old woman had been charged with careless driving causing death, careless driving causing grievous bodily harm or bodily harm, failing to properly restrain a child and having no authority to drive.
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Layna Leavy, four, was killed in a two-car crash in Perth’s southeast in June
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Her mother, Saoirse Wynne, has been hit with a range of serious charges
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The Holden Astra the family was travelling in crashed into a Ford Mustang in Canning Vale
She is due to appear in Armadale Magistrates Court on September 29.
The charges come just months after the Irish-born family laid the little girl to rest, raising more than $103,000 on an online fundraiser to help pay for the memorial and time away from work.
According to the GoFundMe, the family immigrated from Ireland to Perth in June 2024.
‘In less than two years, Layna had already woven herself into the hearts of so many, here in Australia, and across the community they had left behind in Ireland,’ the fundraiser read.
‘The outpouring of love from the local Perth community and from Ireland is a testament of the impact this little girl had on so many lives and a reminder that Layna was, and always will be, deeply loved.’
