Australian actress Erica Hoy dies in a traffic accident in the presence of her twin sister and her boyfriend

Australian actress Erica Hoy, 26, has died in a traffic accident in the presence of her twin sister Lisa and her boyfriend Mike Reader, 29, when the car they were traveling in was hit by a truck in the coastal city of

, as reported by the

The Toyota Prius in which he was traveling was allegedly hit by another car and then a truck this past Tuesday in a fatal accident, in which his sister and her boyfriend were seriously injured.

Australian police arrested Carlie Eileen Richards, 38, as the alleged perpetrator of the crash after which she had fled.

Her twin sister and her boyfriend were rushed to Royal Adelaide Hospital.

The relatives of the young actress said that they had the consolation that Erica Hoy died near her twin and her boyfriend.

"She was a bright, happy, positive young woman," her father Greg Hoy told

.

The fatal accident occurred when the actress was returning from a drama course.

Erica appeared on screens at the Adelaide Film Festival last year in a web series called

and had a lead role in the 2020 mini-series

.

Erica, Lisa, her Australian father, and her Japanese mother immigrated to Australia in 2015.

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