'Can I go?' Six-year-old girl's tragic final words to her parents as she pleaded to go to a birthday sleepover party - before she was thrown from a quad bike and slammed into a tree in horror midnight crash
- Tragic final words of a six-year-old girl killed in horror quad bike crash revealed
- Last words Myley Maxwell said to her mother Sheree Maxwell were 'can I go'
- Myley wanted to go to a sleepover at a friend's property in north-west Sydney
- Myley and two other girls, 13, had ridden on a quad bike around the acreage
- They crashed into a tree and Myley suffered severe head injuries and sadly died
- Inquest heard coroner had made recommendations on quad bike use in 2015
The heartbroken mother of a six-year-old girl who tragically died in a quad bike horror crash in 2017 has revealed the final words her daughter said to her.
Myley Maxwell's last words to her mother Sheree Maxwell were 'can I go', after she pleaded to go to her friend's birthday sleepover party, which would later end in tragedy.
Despite her mother's initial reservations, Ms Maxwell eventually relented and allowed Myley to attend the 13th birthday sleepover at a north-western Sydney home, reported The Daily Telegraph.
Myley Maxwell's (pictured) last words to her mother Sheree Maxwell were 'can I go', after she pleaded to go to her friend's birthday sleepover
Just 14 hours later, Myley's life would be snatched away in a tragic accident.
Myley and her friends were riding a 420cc Honda TRX quad bike around the vast grounds of her friend's 9000 acre property, when the incident occurred just after midnight.
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Myley was sitting at the front of the bike, closest to the handle bar, while a 13-year-old girl drove.
Another 13-year-old girl positioned herself on the back of the adult-sized vehicle and used her mobile phone to record.
The images shows the 420cc Honda TRX quad bike which Myley and the two other girls were riding
The images shows the 420cc Honda TRX quad bike which Myley and the two other girls were riding
But the situation soon took a catastrophic turn when the quad bike suddenly veered off the dirt track and slammed into two trees.
Myley was thrown from the bike and hit her head on the tree trunk.
As a result she suffered severe head injuries, and it's believed she had 'no chance of surviving' because of how hard she had hit her head.
Other young girls at the sleepover who had been driving on another quad bike rushed over to try and help.
An inquest into Myley's death was held earlier this week.
During the inquest, the mother who was hosting the sleepover for her daughter, said she had told the older girls to put a 'hat' on Myley when driving the quad bikes.
Myley (pictured centre left) with her mother (pictured right) and father (pictured left) died in 2017
The mother, who cannot be named, said she used the word 'hat', as it is what she would use to refer to a helmet.
However, the girls may have misunderstood as they had put a baseball cap on Myley.
The mother also admitted that her own children don't usually wear helmets to ride on the quad bikes because 'they can't see over the top of the bikes'.
However, Myley's shattered parents, who found out about her death an hour after the accident occurred, said they would never have allowed Myley to ride on a quad bike.
The images shows the dirt track in the grounds of the 9000 acre property in north eastern Sydney
The heartbroken couple also told the publication they wanted new laws to be implemented to stop the same thing happening to others.
Counsel Assisting the Coroner Peggy Dwyer noted there are currently 'no regulations' in place to prevent children riding on quad bikes on non-public roads in New South Wales.
The coroner had previously made 'relevant' recommendations in 2015, while looking into nine other fatal incidents involving quad bikes in the state.
The label on the Quad Bike (pictured) states that if you are under the age of 16, operating the ATV increases 'your chance of severe injury or death'
The advice said wearing a helmet while using a quad bike should be mandatory, and that children under 16 should be banned from driving adult-sized bikes.
It also advised the state government look into mandatory licencing or training for anyone wanting to ride an adult-sized bike.
Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries ATV manager Mark Collins said he supported all the recommendations made by the coroner.
A spokeswoman for Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Matt Kean said the government had implemented a Quad Bike Safety Improvement Program in 2016, worth $7.6million.
Over a 14 year period, between 2001 and 2015, there have been more than 200 quad bike deaths in Australia.
