Mum who lost her partner and baby daughter in horrific car crash is subjected to vile abuse from trolls as she lay in hospital
A person purporting to be a paediatric nurse unleashed a torrent of abuse about her dead partner
A YOUNG mum grieving the loss of her partner and baby girl in a fiery car crash has been subjected to a vile torrent of Facebook abuse from a woman claiming to be a paediatric nurse.
Xanna Rose Weavell, 18, from Tasmania, Australia, was the sole survivor of a horror crash that claimed the life of Alex Peart, 19, and two-year-old Ruby Rose Peart two weeks ago.
Mr Peart was allegedly trying to avoid a random breath testing station when he lost control of his speeding car and slammed into a power pole.
The impact tore the Holden Vectra in two.
While Mr Peart was killed instantly when he was thrown from the front half, tragically, little Ruby remained strapped in her car seat in the back half when it erupted in flames.
Police from the nearby breath testing station arrived quickly on scene but were unable to reach the little girl as the fire quickly engulfed the wreckage.
The two-year-old perished inside.
Xanna Rose Weavell, who was also thrown from the front of the car, remained conscious on the road nearby as the tragedy unfolded.
At just 18, she lost not just her partner but the little girl she described as “my absolute everything ... the highlight of every day and every night” in the most horrific of circumstances.
Yet, within less than 48 hours, as Ms Weavell lay in her Royal Hobart Hospital bed coming to terms with the tragedy, social media trolls had mobilised.
A person with the profile Candice Alyce, purporting to be a paediatric nurse from Melbourne, began befriending friends of Mr Peart’s, so she could unleash a torrent of abuse about Mr Peart over a four-hour period.
She attacked Ms Weavell’s partner as a “law-breaking dropkick father” who killed his toddler daughter.
“This child burnt in the back seat of a car ... because of Alex’s actions,” the person wrote, after earlier going into horrific speculative detail in which she referred to Ruby as the “burning baby”.
When attacked by friends of Ms Weavell and Mr Peart, the person continued.
“Now she can finally realises (sic) her partner was filthy scum and can move on,” the person wrote.
“I’m throwing the facts in her face so she can move on.
“You think I care if people hate me? This father killed his innocent child and you all treat him like he was perfect. Its (sic) a joke.”
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Similar abuse, albeit less graphic, was aired on an set up to help Ms Weavell with the costs of her family’s funeral.
The teen lists her occupation as “full-time mummy” on her Facebook profile.
Jasmine Weavell said her sister was being “strong and brave” and tried to brush the comments off.
“She hasn’t really paid any attention because she knew people were going to say stuff like that, so she ended up blocking her,” Jazmine said.
But the vile tirade took a toll on those who have rallied around Xanna to support her, she said.
“I ended up crying and tell her to block the girl on Facebook,” Jazmine said
“There is no need for it. I got really angry I did message her myself and she did kept going on saying it was all Alex’s fault.
“She wouldn’t like it if we did it to her.”
Ms Weavell said despite the circumstances of her niece’s death, her sister was equally coming to terms with Alex’s loss.
She said the young father doted on his daughter.
“He was amazing with her, he loved Ruby so much,” Jazmine said.
Xanna Weavell , where, in a eulogy read on her behalf, she told hundreds of mourners of her love for her little girl.
“Ruby, you were my absolute everything — your little blue eyes, cheeky smile and gorgeous, long, sandy blonde hair,” she said.
“You were the highlight to every day and night. You didn’t deserve this baby girl and mummy’s so terribly sorry.
“You’ve left a huge hole in my heart and the hearts of many other people.
“Be a good little girl for daddy. And please, both you and daddy watch over me every day and night, wrap your arms around me, just let me know you’re both here with me.”
Jazmine Weavell said the full force of the tragedy had yet to hit her sister.
“She’s taking it day by day, she knows it’s real but I don’t think it’s actually hit her yet,” she said.
“It still doesn’t seem real.”
She said her sister, “should not have to deal” with the added pain inflicted by strangers on social media.
Messages from news.com.au to Candice Alyce’s Facebook profile requesting comment went unanswered.
A spokeswoman for Facebook said it appeared to be a genuine profile, despite being created only two years ago, and the being minimal information.
Despite several of Ms Weavell’s friends reporting the account to Facebook, it remains active.
“We offer people tools to control their account and experience on Facebook, in addition to having policies that prohibit bullying and harassment,” the company spokeswoman said.
“These tools include the ability to delete any comments posted on your account that you don’t like and to block people who you no longer wish to be able to see your account.”
She further said all accounts that appeared to be fake were removed, however that belonging to Candice Alyce seemed to be a genuine one.
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