A mother whose six-year-old daughter died in a buggy crash during a playdate at a family friend's farm has shared the final five words the pair exchanged.
Yana Stevens dropped off her daughter Olivia at the farm at Rosedale, in the Gippsland region, Victoria, on Saturday afternoon.
Ms Stevens waved goodbye before her daughter said the last five words her mother would ever hear: 'Bye mum, I'll be fine'.
The six-year-old and six other children - all aged under 10 - later squeezed onto a four-seater buggy for an off-road joyride before the vehicle flipped and rolled in a paddock.
Olivia sustained critical injuries and was flown by helicopter to hospital but sadly she later died.
A mother whose six-year-old daughter (pictured, Olivia) died in a buggy crash during a playdate at a family friend's farm has shared the final five words the pair exchanged
Yana Stevens dropped off her daughter Olivia at the farm at Rosedale, in the Gippsland region, Victoria, on Saturday afternoon
The driver Damien Gibson, 33, has been charged with culpable driving, dangerous driving causing death, reckless conduct endangering life and recklessly causing injury over the crash.
A shattered Ms Stevens described the incident as a 'nightmare' saying her life 'would never be the same'.
'It just doesn't make sense. In the split of a second, a life can be gone. It is unbelievable. I just don't understand why this was thrown at us,' she told Herald Sun.
Mr Gibson and his partner Abby own the farm and the pair are close friends to the Stevens family.
Their third eldest daughter Emily met Olivia while in kindergarten. The families regularly held barbecues and went on camping and snow trips together.
Mr Gibson bought the off-road buggy to move wood around the property. The children were not wearing helmets during the joyride.
Ms Stevens said she had no idea the children would be going for a ride on the buggy and said she could not understand why they were allowed on the vehicle.
While she still 'loved' the family she admitted it was too difficult to face them at this time.
Ms Gibson said the family was 'heartbroken' and that the incident had taken a devastating toll on them with the
Olivia Stevens (pictured) was tragically killed in a buggy crash in Victoria's Gippsland area
She said her husband had not left the couch and that he was not eating or sleeping.
Ms Stevens
