A young woman has relived the moment she dragged her boyfriend’s body from under his Holden VR Commodore and tried to revive him – even though she knew he was dead the moment she saw his face.
Shyanne Organ, 21, last spoke to her boyfriend Axle Young, 17, on the phone at about 1pm on Sunday, after he called from their home in Mittagong, in the NSW Southern Highlands.
He phoned because he couldn’t find his AirPods and wanted to listen to music while he fixed one last thing under the car before taking his P-plate test on Monday.
She told him she would be home in five minutes, but he found the earbuds before she arrived and started tinkering with the 1994 wagon.
Axle had used ramps to lift the car off the ground for better access, rather than jacks – a mistake that would cost him his life.
Shyanne told Daily Mail Australia she arrived home a few minutes after the call to find the vehicle had rolled off the ramps and crushed Axle.
Shyanne Organ, 21, and Axle Young, 17, (pictured together) had only just celebrated their one-year anniversary as a couple when he died in a tragic accident
Shyanne arrived home on Sunday and found Axle’s lifeless body under his car
Axle Young was crushed by a 1994 Holden VR Commodore (stock image)
She knew what to do because she works as an aged care nurse and has first aid and CPR qualifications, and did everything she could to try to save his life.
‘He was trapped when I saw him so I immediately grabbed a jack and lifted the car up and pulled him out and did CPR until the ambulance arrived,’ she said.
‘I saw his face and I knew he was gone, but I had hope and I kept trying.’
Shyanne explained the couple had only recently moved into their first house and celebrated their first anniversary as a couple last Wednesday, four days before he died.
They were also planning a trip to Bali.
‘It just breaks my heart knowing not even a week ago we were talking about our first holiday and were it was going to be,’ she said.
She described Axle as an ‘amazing person’ and promised to ‘do him proud’.
‘Axle took me under his wing and he gave me the love I was always searching for,’ she said.
‘He knew how to make me smile and he knew every little thing about me.
Axle had seven siblings and had recently moved into a home with girlfriend Shyanne
The couple had planned on taking a trip to Bali, but he tragically died on Sunday
‘He was a boy who didn’t know how to say no and he kept going and going until the job was done or his goal was achieved.’
On Tuesday, his sister Cheyenne Young told Daily Mail Australia she would do everything possible to ‘honour him’.
‘My family and I were so beyond proud of how far he had come. He was the brightest young man and nobody will ever forget him,’ she said.
Axle was two years into an apprenticeship with Southern Highlands Carpet Court when he died.
His employer said Axle had displayed ‘patience, commitment and his beautiful nature [that] would always put a smile on everyone’s face’.
‘At the young age of 17, you showed us how determined and passionate you are about your career and future,’ the tribute read.
‘The growth on this young man definitely did not go unnoticed and we will cherish that forever.’
His family has now set up a fundraiser to pay for his funeral.
‘This GoFundMe has been created in the hopes of raising enough money for Axle Young’s family to plan a beautiful funeral and send-off,’ it read.
‘We are hoping to raise $5,000 to cover expenses for Axle and his family in this time of great sadness.’
Police established crime scene at the home where Axle died but there were no suspicious circumstances.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
