Death
On 2 May 1993, Juanita Coco attended her boyfriend's birthday party in North Melbourne. At the end of the evening she got into a Subaru wagon driven by a female friend of another guest, accompanied by her boyfriend and his best friend Brad Lacy and two other friends.
As the vehicle travelled along Malvern Road, Malvern, it ran a red traffic light and was broadsided by another vehicle travelling at high speed. Sitting in the back seat, Juanita and Brad Lacy were killed instantly due to the force of the impact. The driver survived with no injuries and Juanita's boyfriend survived with serious injuries. Juanita was 17 when she died.
The subsequent investigation found that the driver of the Subaru was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. Manslaughter charges were later dropped in court.
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