{"id":722541,"date":"2026-06-08T06:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/722541\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T06:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:44:15","slug":"tragic-details-emerge-in-gofundme-launched-for-family-of-four-year-old-canning-vale-crash-victim-layna-leavy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/722541\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragic details emerge in GoFundMe launched for family of four-year-old Canning Vale crash victim Layna Leavy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Devastating new details have emerged just days after a young girl was killed in a horror Canning Vale crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Four-year-old Layna Leavy died in a nightmare collision at the intersection of Garden Street and Boardman Road in Canning Vale on Wednesday, June 3, which also left her mother and brother injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">In the wake of the freak incident, a GoFundMe has been launched to help support the distraught Leavy family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The fundraiser describes young Layna as \u201ca little girl with an infectious smile and a warmth that filled every room she walked into\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cNo words can describe the depth of this loss, her family are living through every parent\u2019s worst nightmare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cEvery donation, no matter the size goes directly to them, to ease the financial burden and give them the space they need to grieve, to heal, and to honour their beautiful girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780901052_541_7c591c6ba8b244508f760e4ff44efc3bf1322d7f.jpg\" alt=\"The GoFundMe described Layna as a \u201ca little girl with an infectious smile and a warmth that filled every room she walked into\u201d.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconThe GoFundMe described Layna as a \u201ca little girl with an infectious smile and a warmth that filled every room she walked into\u201d. Credit: 7NEWS\/7NEWS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">In a crushing revelation, the fundraiser revealed that the young family are Irish expats who had recently moved to Perth for a new life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIn June 2024, Layna\u2019s parents; Saoirse, Graeme and her brother Glen made the decision to leave Ireland and build a new life in Perth,\u201d the page reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIn less than two years, Layna had already woven herself into the hearts of so many, here in Australia, and across the community they had left behind in Ireland.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThe outpouring of love from the local Perth community and from Ireland is a testament of the impact this little girl had on so many lives and a reminder that Layna was, and always will be, deeply loved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Support has flooded through for young Layna from both Aussie and Irish soil, with more than $50,000 donated in the short time the fundraiser has been active.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It aims to ease the financial burden on a heartbroken family.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ca2abc7d35db90dd4845785c78e36f3b613c5ec6.jpg\" alt=\"Community support has flooded in for the family of young Layna Leavy.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconCommunity support has flooded in for the family of young Layna Leavy. Credit: 7NEWS\/7NEWS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Layna\u2019s mum Saoirse Wynne last week posted a touching tribute for her daughter online after the tragic incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cOur hearts are shattered into a million pieces. Four years on this earth was never long enough,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI hope you felt nothing but love in your life and loved every single adventure we went on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI hope you continue to sing and dance in the sky and forever in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Tributes and flowers have been left at the site where the young girl was passenger inside a Holden Astra that collided with a Ford Mustang.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e7bf83a64ab00fcfebcecb7c179d4ebfaf45c55f.jpg\" alt=\"Tributes and flowers have been left at the site of the crash.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconTributes and flowers have been left at the site of the crash. Credit: 7NEWS\/7NEWS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">She was left critically injured and rushed to Fiona Stanley Hospital, but could not be saved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Her mother and brother were left with minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">To donate, <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/layna-leavy\">click the link here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Devastating new details have emerged just days after a young girl was killed in a horror Canning Vale&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,34464,44,45],"class_list":["post-722541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-gofundme","tag-news","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722541","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=722541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}