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Subscriber only THIS Christmas, two children who lost their beloved mum in a car crash will open the presents she chose for them before she died. And it s partly thanks to the generosity of strangers. Vicky McGrath was killed in a crash at Beelbi Creek in October leaving her family devastated. Her mum, Sandra McGrath, said she and her grandchildren had lost not only their daughter and mum, but their best friend. Our lives have been shattered into a million pieces, she said. But before Vicky died, she had picked out presents for her children, Taya, 8, and Oliver, 13.
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