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<\/p>\nFriends and colleagues have paid tribute to two Chinese nationals who were victims of a crash in Victoria’s west that claimed three lives.<\/p>\n
Michael Zheng, 38, and his wife Angela Wang, 31, died at the scene after their car was involved in a collision with a Mitsubishi Triton and a truck at Ledcourt about 6.45pm on September 27.<\/p>\n
Tenesha Fieldsend, 14, a passenger in the Mitsubishi, driven by a learner driver, later died at hospital.<\/p>\n
The couple, who recently celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary, had been living in the town of Horsham, approximately 300 kilometres west of Melbourne.<\/p>\n
Friends have described them as two “wonderful people” with “so much hope for their future in Australia”.<\/p>\n
Mr Zheng had recently been promoted as the manager of the Horsham Dentist Group, while Ms Wang was a nurse at Grampians Health.<\/p>\n
JingJing Tang got to know the couple last year when she was helping them look for their missing dog.<\/p>\n
“Perhaps because we were all Chinese living here, there was naturally a sense of closeness between us, and they would affectionately call me ‘jie’, which means ‘older sister’ in Chinese.”<\/p>\n
Ms Tang said they were a lovely young couple.<\/p>\n
“They had been granted Australian permanent residency last year, and I remember how happy and hopeful they were about building their life here,” she said.<\/p>\n
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Angela Wang and Michael Zheng met while living in Africa. (Facebook)<\/p>\n
Ms Tang last spoke to Mr Zheng and Ms Wang a few months ago, when they came to Ms Tang’s newly opened takeaway restaurant for a meal.<\/p>\n
“The shop wasn’t busy, so we sat together and talked for quite a long time,” she said.<\/p>\n
“I could never have imagined that would be the last time I would see them.<\/p>\n
“Looking back now, that ordinary and happy conversation has become a very precious memory for me.”<\/p>\n
During that conversation, Ms Tang said the couple had spoken about their new home being built in Ballarat, and their hopes for the future \u2014 including having a baby one day.<\/p>\n
“I could see how excited they were about the life they were building together, they had so many hopes, plans and dreams ahead of them,” Ms Tang said.<\/p>\n
“It’s heartbreaking that their journey ended. I hope they are together in heaven now \u2026 continuing the dreams and beautiful life they had planned together.”<\/p>\n
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Michael Zheng and Angela Wang enjoyed living in Australia. (Facebook)<\/p>\n
A heartbreaking wait for friends<\/p>\n
Simon Yan, one of Mr Zhang’s colleagues, said he was always quick to reply, even on weekends, so the team was shocked when they hadn’t heard from him on Monday.<\/p>\n
“We tried to follow up with him after work, that’s when I think the first news of the car crash came out,” Dr Yan said.<\/p>\n
A few of Ms Wang’s friends had stopped at the couple’s house to check on them, he said.<\/p>\n
“The fact that they hadn’t been identified for quite a long time, it was torturous \u2026 just thinking that it could possibly be them, but even just the tiniest glimmer of hope that it wasn’t them, that was what we were just clinging onto.”<\/p>\n
Dr Yan said he had been a “wreck” since the news broke.<\/p>\n
“It’s been hard going to sleep and everything \u2026 I wake up during the night,” he said.<\/p>\n
Dr Yan said Mr Zheng, who had been at the dental clinic since March last year, had made his mark as a “lovely and warm” person whom the team viewed as family.<\/p>\n
“He was always there for us, supported us through everything, he was our sounding board, he was our rock \u2026 It’s hard to imagine going on without him.”<\/p>\n
Clinic owner and dentist Catherine Feng said the entire team was devastated.<\/p>\n
“When we saw the description, our hearts sank \u2026 that’s when we knew,” she said.<\/p>\n
“I was in shock, in disbelief, especially after holding out hope about the unidentified people in the car \u2026 We all broke down crying when we found out.”<\/p>\n
Colleagues said he was a dedicated manager and loved by everyone.<\/p>\n
“We are just struggling to come to terms that he’s gone. Every day we come to work \u2026 you just expect to see him [there] smiling like every other single day,” Dr Feng said.<\/p>\n
“The team respected him a lot, and we all miss him a lot right now \u2026 the clinic feels a little bit emptier without him.”<\/p>\n
She said while they had never met Ms Wang, her husband would always talk about her fondly.<\/p>\n
More tributes for teenage victim<\/p>\n
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