Mount Evelyn
Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
Experts warn against risks of chroming
CIS Yarra Ranges need funding to survive
Final road sealing projects announced
Yarra Ranges’ artist’s NGV debut
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Gone too soon By Mikayla van Loon
The Montrose Football Club player had just been picked to co-captain the Under 14s girls side.
Family and friends have been left rocked by the news of Esra’s death.
Esra Haynes, 13, was sporty and full of life but one mistake cost her life.
posted to Facebook. “My heart aches and it doesn’t feel real knowing I’ll have to say goodbye to you Esra. You’re so young. You were gone too soon. “I’ll stay trying to make you proud and continue doing the things that made you happy. I endlessly love and miss you Esra. Rest In
Paradise my love. Forever 13.” Described by her sister as someone who was “blooming”, Imogen told Channel Nine she was “so kind, generous, helped everyone before herself always, she’s just one in a million”. Continued page 3
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As friends and family came to terms with Esra’s sudden death, they took to social media to pay tribute to the girl she was. “The one girl who could put a smile on anyone’s face no matter what. There wasn’t one day in the past three years you’ve not made my day by your contagious laugh and gorgeous smile,” Esra’s best friend Abbey
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A Yarra Ranges family is mourning the death of their bright and blooming daughter and sister after a chroming incident left her in a critical condition in hospital where she later died. Esra Haynes, 13, died last weekend following the inhalation of deodorant which saw her go into cardiac arrest and battle in hospital for a week. The death of the Lilydale High School Year 8 student and Don Valley resident has sent ripples of shock and emotion throughout the Yarra Ranges community. Parents Paul and Andrea Haynes told the Herald Sun just days after their daughter’s passing they would vow to raise awareness around the risks of chroming. “We want to help other children not fall into the silly trap of doing this silly thing,” he said. “It’s unquestionable that this will be our crusade. No matter how much you lead a horse to water, anyone can drag them away. It’s not something she would have done on her own.” In the days following, Esra’s siblings have also told news outlets they would be honouring their sister by ensuring no one else has to go through their pain. “It’s just a toxic thing and I just want to put awareness out there that it can happen very quickly and we don’t want to lose anymore amazing people,” Esra’s brother Seth Haynes told The Project. “When we’re strong enough, we want to go around and talk at schools and tell our story of what we went through, if we can help one person that’s enough,” sister Imogen Haynes said.