A grief-stricken mother-of-11 has revealed the heartbreaking final text she sent her husband before he was killed in a horrific car and motorbike accident.
Hayden Errol Frank Selby, 31, was killed on July 19 when a car collided with his motorcycle at about 4.10pm on Friday on the M1 Motorway near New Mount Pleasant Road, Mount Ousley, south of Sydney.
Mr Selby and his fiancée Katie Powell were preparing to move to the Illawarra this weekend and he was guiding a friend to their new home when the accident happened.
His friend, Kirsten Anthony, was behind him driving a Toyota SUV and towing a box trailer when she collided with his motorcycle.
The 24-year-old has since been charged with negligent driving occasioning death.
Mr Selby’s fiancee and mother to their 11 children, Katie Powell shared the heartbreaking final message she sent him before his death.
‘Hayden was helping a friend down the coast move on Friday and I texted him in the arvo and said ”I love you, drive safe and take care of each other”,’ she told 7News.
Ms Powell said she began to worry when a few hours had gone by and she did not receive a reply.
Father of 11 Hayden Selby, 31, was killed on July 19 when a car, driven by his friend, collided with his motorcycle in Mount Ousley, south of Sydney
She explained at about 6pm she received a phone call from one of Mr Selby’s friends who told her the harrowing news.
‘Since then it’s just been one big blur. I drop my kids off at school each day and after that I don’t know what to do,’ Ms Powell said.
Ms Powell added, the pair share 11 children and two grandchildren, with their youngest an eight-month-old who ‘won’t even get to know her father’.
She described her fiancée as a selfless ‘protector’ and ‘gentle giant’ who would always help family and friends in need.
‘He was such a teddy bear, a gentle giant, and a protector. He was the one his friends could rely on for anything. There’s nothing he wouldn’t do for friends and family,’ Ms Powell said.
Powell shared a touching tribute to her ‘amazing’ fiancee and created a GoFundMe page to raise funds for his funeral while she cares for their children.
‘This beautiful man was always the first to jump the second anyone needed help he fought struggled and battled to give my children and I what we have made together,’ Ms Powell wrote.
‘I just don’t know how to do this. I’m a newly single mother with 11 children and two grandchildren.
‘The man that took damn good care of all the important things in our lives is gone.
‘I just want to give him what he deserves please help me spoil the love of my life and father to my children one last time.’
Mr Selby’s fiancee and mother to their 11 children, shared a touching tribute to her ‘amazing protector’ (pictured, Mr Selby with three of his children)
At the time of publication, the GoFundMe had received 60 donations totalling $3,755 and has a goal of raising $7,000.
Ms Powell revealed she does not know when she will be able to put Hayden to rest as a police investigation into his death is still ongoing.
Ms Anthony was granted bail on Saturday and is set to front court later this month.
