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Axle Young was tinkering under his car on Sunday, preparing it for his P1 driving test the following day, when it fell and fatally crushed him.
The 17-year-old was two years into an apprenticeship and two months living in his new rental flat in Mittagong with his girlfriend Shayan Organ, who they celebrated a year with the day before his life was cut short.
Organ, a 21-year-old senior nurse, had just popped over to Kmart to buy a long-sleeved top to wear under her scrub during the colder months when she got a call from Young.
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He was reaching for his AirPods so he could listen to music while doing a “five-minute job” on his car. Organ told him where the headphones were and said he’d be home in five minutes.
“He said, ‘Okay, see you soon.’ I love you, bye. And I said I love you too,” Organ told 7NEWS.com.au.
These were the last words the young couple shared with each other.
When Organ arrived home shortly after, she called Young, whose legs she saw sticking out from under his car in the driveway.
“There was no response, no movement, I didn’t hear any instruments being used, I didn’t hear his music, nothing,” Organ said.
“Then I dropped to my knees and stuck my head under the car and saw what happened. I could tell by his face.
“I haven’t been able to sleep because every time I close my eyes I just come back and see his face.”
Based on the injuries evident at the time, Organ said: “I knew he was gone but I just did what I had to do.
“I was screaming and crying for a bit because I didn’t know what the hell was going on and then I just went into action.
“He always taught me how to do things with a car and the first thing he taught me was how to lift a car to change a tire.
“I went and got his jack and jacked the car up and just pulled him out.”
She performed CPR while waiting for paramedics, who “took a long time to arrive” and pronounced Young dead at the scene.
Young and Organ began their relationship on Facebook and Organ moved from her family home in Wollongong to live with Young in the Southern Highlands shortly afterwards.
Just a day before his death, Young and Organ celebrated their anniversary with dinner and a movie at the cinema, unaware that their future together would be tragically cut short within 24 hours.
GoFundMe set up to raise funds for ‘beautiful funeral and send off’ for Young and to cover expenses for his family “at this time of great sadness,” it said.
Tributes have been pouring in for Axle’s “legacy and kindness”.
Young’s best friends gathered at his Mittagong home with red roses after his death.
His brother John Zeiser thanked their community for their heartfelt messages, along with an image of Young and Organ together, in a Facebook post on Monday.
“I love you little brother with all my heart,” he wrote.
His older sister, Cheyenne Young, also expressed the pain of her grief on Facebook.
“I love you so much bro, you will be my best friend, (you) have always protected me no matter what. None of this feels real, please stay with me always.
“I can’t say goodbye to you. It hurts and continues to hurt. I will never be the same without you my brother, I love you more than life itself.”
Family, friends and colleagues flocked to social media to share their kind words and condolences.
“Axl was an amazing child loved by so many people,” Young’s aunt Lynelle Price posted on Facebook.
“We have been blessed with one of the most loving, kind nephews who at 17 has accomplished so much. You will be missed so much,” said another aunt, Annette Roche.
Young’s Motoring Community said: “Our motoring community is collectively saddened by the terrible news that young 17-year-old Axle has died while servicing his VK Commodore.”
The Australian Flooring Institute said Young was “well on his way to becoming a fine craftsman”.
And the Southern Highlands Carpet Court, where Young worked as an apprentice for two years, spoke of the infectious spirit of its employee.
“His patience, dedication and beautiful nature would always bring a smile to everyone’s face here at Carpet Court,” the publication wrote on Facebook.
“At the age of 17, you have shown us how determined and passionate you are about your career and your future. This young man’s growth has definitely not gone unnoticed and we will cherish him forever!
“Your legacy and kindness will always be remembered and never forgotten.”
Warning for home mechanics
Organ explained the motivation with which Young approached his passions: “If he has something on his mind, related to his car or his job, he will never let it go. He would just do it until it was done, even if he was there from sunrise to sunset.
He had just finished a “five-minute job” when the car collapsed on top of him.
“Don’t work on your car yourself. He worked on his car every weekend for hours and hours and he went out there to do one little thing … and his car fell off,” Organ said.
“Make sure there’s always something under your car, even if you jack it up, because you never know.”
One mechanic posted a tribute to Young on Facebook: “Seen him too often in my trade.”
In the past decade, there have been 46 deaths in Australia as a result of victims being run over by a vehicle they were working under, according to Product Safety Australia.
“An average of 160 jack-related injuries each year. Injuries range from amputation to fractures and lacerations,” the release said.
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