A young Woolworths worker who hated his job sent a late-night message to a co-worker saying he was struggling to hold on - just minutes before his death.
Zachary Hendricks' life ended when his car hit a tree on the Bruce Highway in Midgee, 10km south of Rockhampton on Queensland's mid-north coast, at about 4.45am on September 22.
The 21-year-old worked in the online orders department, but said the role was a 'nightmare even Freddy Krueger wouldn't want' in a heartbreaking note left for his mother Dhanni.
On Sunday, the mother-of-three revealed her son texted a colleague at 4.20am on the night of the crash.
Zachary Hendricks (pictured) tragically took his own life on September 22 near Rockhampton in Queensland
Pictured: Zachary Hendricks' final text message to a friend, sent 25 minutes before he died
'I'm sorry for having to make this decision, but I'm finding it very hard to hold on at this point,' Zachary wrote.
'I sent out letters but I ran out of envelopes.'
The young man also explained he'd already left a note for his team at work, 'so no need to tell them,' he added.
A Woolworths spokesman told Daily Mail Australia the company has offered care and support to Zachary's colleagues.
He also said the supermarket giant is 'devastated by Zach’s tragic passing' and will review the circumstances surrounding his employment up until his death.
Pictured: Zachary Hendricks in his Woolworths uniform. He worked there for 18 months before he took his own life
Zachary Hendricks' mum Dhanni said her son was thrust into a management position without training
Zachary started working at Woolworths about 18 months ago on a casual basis, but he was soon put on a full time contract - working 38 hours per week.
'It was 38 hours too much,' Dhanni told Daily Mail Australia.
She said he was thrust into a management position with no training week and a half before he died, but tragically decided to take his own life after little more than a week in the new role.
'We know that he had only made the decision go take his own life just three days beforehand,' his mother wrote in a gut-wrenching Facebook post.
'There wasn't a lot of planning at all. It was in fact very sudden.'
Zachary Hendricks (pictured) spent six years in the RAAF Cadet Corps, which his mother said was his 'whole world'
She said close family members knew about a year ago that the job was stressful, but they didn't know how
