She said dealing with the tragedy had seriously affected her mental health. “I’ve had to go on medication, I understand what it’s like to suffer from anxiety and depression, I struggle to sleep and struggle to eat. “All things I never expected to experience and wish I never had to.”
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Esther Tan died at the scene of a car crash near Waitara in September 2020 after a driver breaching her licence conditions and driving an unwarranted vehicle crossed the centreline and slammed into her. Elisheba said she didn’t know if she would be ever able to forgive Whakatutu.