🚨 HE WAS BEAUTIFUL… I LOVED HIM… — GRANDMOTHER’S HEARTBREAKING WORDS ABOUT CESARE AFTER THE ACCIDENT LEAVE EVERYONE IN TEARS
An 18-year-old man killed in a car crash in Melbourne was a football fan on the way home from watching the Socceroos′ World Cup match against the USA at a live site.
Tullamarine man Cesare Liberatore was on his way home from watching the match on the big screen at Federation Square on Saturday morning.
Tullamarine man Cesare Liberatore, 18, was killed on his way home from watching the Socceroos match on the big screen at Federation Square on Saturday morning in Melbourne. GoFundMe
His loved ones are pleading with young drivers to take extra care on the road, as two of his mates, identified in an online fundraiser as Oscar and Julian fight for life in hospital.
Cesare was a passenger in a Mitsubishi Triton ute driven by a friend, who is a P-plater.
Police say it crossed onto the wrong side of the road and veered into two oncoming cars at Attwood in the city’s north-west about 7am.
The 18-year-old P-plater driver lost control of the ute on a downhill stretch of Mickleham Road around 7am. 9News
The driver, 18, and another passenger, 17, are fighting for life.
Cesare died in hospital surrounded by his family.
His father, Zaar, told 9News his son was “a good kid … a real mate”.
Grandmother Mary Liberatore described him as, “Incredibly beautiful, an incredibly beautiful baby and young man”.
The ute was T-boned by two oncoming cars after it drifted onto the wrong side in Melbourne. 9News
“To know that I’ll never have him wrap his arms around me again and say, hey Nan, how are you, you know,” she said.
“He was beautiful. I loved him dearly.”
Zaar said his son had been messaging him a few hours before he died, but he wasn’t awake.
He wishes he had gone with his son to watch the game.
“He was messaging me from Fed Square. I hadn’t gotten up yet. He was messaging me at 4am. I had my alarm set for 4.30am,” Zaar said.
The family said he had just celebrated his 18th birthday this month.
“Everyone loved him, and he always wanted people to laugh,” his mother Simonetta told The Age.
An online fundraiser has been set up for the driver and the other passenger, identified as Oscar and Julian.
“Anyone who knows Oscar and Julian knows the kind, genuine people they are,” the fundraiser reads.
“They have touched the lives of so many, and now it’s our turn to show them the same care and support.”
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Liberatore died in hospital surrounded by his family after the crash. GoFundMe
Cesare Liberatore’s grandmother Mary said she would miss her grandson who was killed in the Melbourne crash. Nine
The drivers of the other two vehicles, a man in his 50s and a man in his 20s, were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
A small roadside tribute has been left at the scene of the fatal crash.
As police continue to piece together what went wrong, Cesare’s family say they’re speaking in the hope it can help others avoid the heartbreak they’ve been forced to face.
SOURCE: https://www.nine.com.au/australia-news/vic/cesare-liberatore-charismatic-teen-killed-on-way-home-from-socceroos-match-20260621-p608q4.html
