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Libby Ruge (pictured) was 19 when she died The friends of a teenage dental assistant and model who was hit and killed by a car while walking with her boyfriend have started an inspiring foundation in her name. Aspiring dentist Libby Ruge, 19, was run over on Flinders Street in Wollongong about 10.30pm on November 7 when a Toyota Camry allegedly mounted the kerb and ploughed into the young couple and their two friends. She died on the scene while her boyfriend Luke Day, 20, was unscathed and their two friends, Tye West and Eva Harrison, only sustained minor injuries. In honour of their kind daughter, Ms Ruge s mothers Jules and Julie have started the Bee Kind Like Libby foundation, which funds dental rehabilitations. ....
On December 4 she wrote: â11pm. Several cars parking in no standing from 9pm. Intermittently cars with modified mufflers and motor bikes proceeding at speed up Blues Point Road.â On December 28 she was awoken by a throng of cars. âIt was a hot night and I was unable to open my window for fresh air because of the noise,â Ms OâBrien wrote in her diary. Blues Point is a popular tourist spot because of its view of the Opera House, Harbour Bridge and Luna Park. But residents say the number of out-of-area visitors driving noisy vehicles has risen so much they now have to keep doors and windows closed to sleep. ....
The deaths of five young pedestrians in NSW in less than two months has prompted leading road trauma surgeons to speak out, fed up with having to see the horrific end result of accidents on their operating tables. Road safety experts and victims have joined their call for change, demanding Âtighter laws and stricter Âenforcement. Seventeen-year-old Adam Ghoz died after he was struck by a van at Casula while walking with a friend on January 7. Two days earlier, in Wellington, two boys - Sheldon Shorey, 6, and his seven-year-old brother Shane - were killed as they walked home from a local pool. ....
Libby Ruge was killed when a car struck her on a night out in November. The 19-year-old dental assistant and aspiring model became one of 48 pedestrians to die on NSW roads last year when she and two friends were hit by Toyota Camry outside a Wollongong club. Now her cousin Dee McBeath is issuing a plea for newly licensed drivers to always put safety first. Dee McBeath and Libby Ruge on Ms McBeath s wedding day on November 10, 2012.(Supplied) I just wish when kids sat their driving tests, they were actually made to read these stories, Ms McBeath said. The loss of Ms Ruge has taken a heavy toll on her family. ....