{"id":588884,"date":"2026-04-06T10:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/588884\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:10:10","slug":"sons-pay-tribute-to-victorian-mother-of-eight-killed-in-horror-head-on-smash-in-logan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/588884\/","title":{"rendered":"Sons pay tribute to Victorian mother-of-eight killed in horror head-on smash in Logan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>T\ufeffributes are flowing for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/victoria\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Victorian\">Victorian<\/a> grandmother killed in a horror head-on crash in south-east <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/queensland\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Queensland\">Queensland<\/a> over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/easter\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Easter\">Easter<\/a> long weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Wyndham Vale woman Roza Abebwa was leaving her grandson&#8217;s birthday in Logan, south of Brisbane, on Saturday night when the car she was travelling in was hit head-on by another vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Police are investigating whether four teens in a Ford Falcon ute had been at a hooning meet at Logan Reserve before it travelled at high speed on the wrong side of the road.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/c17d58d3-951a-4bc4-b651-215334588aef.png\"   alt=\"\"\/>Wyndham Vale woman Roza Abebwa died in a fatal crash in Logan, Queensland. (9News)<\/p>\n<p>The ute ploughed straight into the Ford Focus Roza was a passenger in.<\/p>\n<p>Her youngest daughter, who is just two years old, and her 28-year-old niece were also injured in the crash and are recovering in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The 51-year-old mother-of-eight with seven grandchildren is tonight being remembered by her sons as a fun and warm-natured woman who was a light for everyone she knew.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She had to be one of the best human beings,&#8221; son Rashidi Edward said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m yet to find a person who makes better food than my mum.<\/p>\n<p>Gode Edward said &#8220;it&#8217;s not fair&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She was innocent. She was innocent,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/9288d997-8e27-4024-b18c-177b94fbf74e.jpeg\"   alt=\"Rashidi Edward\"\/>Roza&#8217;s son Rashidi remembered the 51-year-old as &#8220;one of the best human beings&#8221;. (Nine)<\/p>\n<p>As Roza&#8217;s family prepare to lay her to rest, they&#8217;ve set up a fundraising page to help bring her back to Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Her sons are also warning thrillseekers of the dangers of the road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It just takes one second,&#8221; Gode said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You may think it&#8217;s fun, but there are people out there, things can happen. It&#8217;s not fair.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No charges have been laid.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"T\ufeffributes are flowing for a Victorian grandmother killed in a horror head-on crash in south-east Queensland over the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-588884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}