A positive, happy 19-year-old who was “always smiling” and caring for others, Sam Woolstencroft’s life was just beginning. 

Forced to carry on after his devastating death on April 9, mother Michele Woolstencroft has spent six weeks surrounded by paper work, researching the stretch of road which tragically took her son’s life. 

“I’ll miss absolutely everything about him,” Mrs Woolstencroft said. 

“I’ll miss his voice, his laughter and his face – he just had a presence that made you feel good.” 

A double funeral was held for Mr Woolstencroft and his friend John Dodd, who also died in the crash.  

Mr Woolstencroft’s fiancee Rebecca Cameron left critically injured, has since made a miracle recovery after spending weeks recovering. 

A twin brother to William and a boyfriend to Ms Cameron for more than seven years, Mr Woolstencroft was described as a “family man”. 

“He and his fiancee were like an old married couple, they used to hang out in their dressing gowns together,” Mrs Woolstencroft said. 

“Everyone got along so well and everyone was Sam’s friend.” 

A former student at Kooringal High School, Mrs Woolstencroft said her son befriended people wherever he went.

“He had a big impact on lots of the younger kids,” Mrs Woolstencroft said. 

“All he cared about was his family, his girlfriend, his friends and his games.” 

But with no speeding, drinking or drugs involved in the crash, Mrs Woolstencroft’s research discovered six other people had lost their lives on the Koo Wee Rup Healesville Road. 

“Everyday the road continues to sit there it’s a potential death trap,” Mrs Woolstencroft said. 

Mrs Woolstencroft has since made a desperate plea for the road to be fixed, joining an online petition created by a fellow mother who lost her son in a crash on the same road. 

“It makes me so angry, they’ve had the money to do this and the damage is here in black and white,” Mrs Woolstencroft said. 

“Sam would say this was the honourable thing to do, to stop other deaths on the road.

“He would want us to be happy.” 

Another accident on the same site just a fortnight later left a driver and passenger lucky to be alive after their car collided with a large ditch and rolled into the nearby creek.

Mrs Woolstencroft said the condition of the road was a “deplorable disgrace”, with plans to travel to the area with other affected families and emergency service members to bring attention to the problem.