{"id":366947,"date":"2026-04-06T23:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/366947\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:22:09","slug":"australian-flight-attendant-dies-in-nadi-road-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/366947\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian flight attendant dies in Nadi road accident"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Australian flight attendant has died following a road accident in Nadi, Fiji, according to reports by the Daily Mail in Australia.<\/p>\n

The report identified the victim as Lucinta Evans, a Sydney-based crew member with Virgin Australia, who passed away on March 28, just days after celebrating her 28th birthday.<\/p>\n

It is understood Ms Evans was involved in a road accident in Nadi. Images shared online showed flowers placed at the roadside where the incident is believed to have occurred.<\/p>\n

In a funeral notice, her family described her as \u201cbold, open and full of life\u201d, asking mourners to wear colourful clothing in tribute to her vibrant personality.<\/p>\n

Her sister, Gabriana Evans, said in an online post that the family was struggling to come to terms with the loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was truly full of life, with a light and energy that touched everyone who knew her,\u201d she said requesting privacy as the family grieves.<\/p>\n

According to the Daily Mail, a fundraising campaign has also been launched to support her family, with part of the proceeds intended to help improve safety at the location of the accident.<\/p>\n

Tributes have continued to pour in from colleagues, particularly among Virgin Australia\u2019s Fijian cabin crew, who described Ms Evans as a cherished member of their aviation family.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s understood Ms Evans was involved in a road accident in Nadi, with flowers seen adorning the side of a road which has now been cornered off with tape \u2013 SUPPLIED\/FACEBOOK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Australian flight attendant has died following a road accident in Nadi, Fiji, according to reports by the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-366947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}