02-08-2010, 05:27 PM
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Australian twins learn of brother's Sydney car crash death 'from Facebook'
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Angela and Maryanne Vourlis, both 20, learnt the grim news that Bobby, 17, had died in the triple fatality after logging on to the social networking site to read their birthday messages.
Instead they were confronted with online tributes from friends of their brother, who together with Chris Naylor, 19, and Kelsie Coleman, 15, died in the accident Sydney's west in the early hours of Sunday.
Distressed and confused by the hundreds of "RIP messages" they were reading online, the pair tried desperately to phone the boat mechanic, but without luck, local reports said.
Becoming increasingly concerned, their mother then rang the local police station to ask if the messages were correct.
An officer then confirmed her son had died in the crash six hours earlier.
Sydney police have since been forced to defend their actions, saying the family were informed because authorities had been unable to confirm the dead teenager’s identify.
"I didn't get it. All these people were writing, 'RIP Chris Naylor' and 'RIP Bobby', and I thought: 'What's going on?'," Angela told local media.
“I kept ringing and messaging but couldn't get on to him. So I rang Mum and said: ‘Chris Naylor must have died - I just read it on Facebook. But where's Bobby? People are writing about Bobby, too’,” she said.
Her mother then replied: “Bobby was with Chris Naylor last night.”
Peter Matelis, the dead teenager’s uncle, said it “beggared belief” that police had not contacted the family immediately after the accident.
"It's every parent's worst nightmare to lose a child in a car accident, but to have to hear it on Facebook, then have to chase up the police yourself, is just horrifying," he said.
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Australian twins learn of brother's car crash death 'from Facebook' - Telegraph
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