Rising AFL star’s mother killed in boat crash

Rising AFL star’s mother killed in boat crash

A second girl killed in a ship crash in a preferred Perth waterway has been recognized because the mom of a rising AFL star.

Kylie Bazzo, the mom of West Coast Eagle Rhett Bazzo, has been recognized as a 52-year-old girl who was pulled from the Mandurah Estuary about 7pm Sunday.

She was one in every of 4 folks on a ship which is believed to have hit a pink submit marker about 10pm Saturday on the waterway, about 72km south of Perth.

A girl, 54-year-old Deborah Burdon, was recovered from the water however died on the scene.

Two different males had been on the vessel on the time. Ms Burdon’s husband, 47-year-old John Burdon, was taken to the Royal Perth Hospital with severe accidents.

While a 54-year-old man was unhurt.

Kylie Bazzo, 52, was missing in the Mandurah Estuary for nearly 24 hours before her body was found on Sunday evening.
Camera IconKylie Bazzo, 52, was lacking within the Mandurah Estuary for almost 24 hours earlier than her physique was discovered on Sunday night. Credit: Supplied

A large search effort was launched following the crash, with Ms Bazzo unable to be discovered till the invention of her physique on Sunday evening.

WA Police are nonetheless investigating the reason for the crash.

Witnesses ought to name Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or lodge a report on-line.

Ms Bazzo was additionally the spouse of the late Steve Bazzo, who died of most cancers in 2015.

He was a legend of the Western Australian Football League (WAFL), enjoying 232 video games for Swan Districts, West Perth, and Peel from 1988 to 2000.

Their son Rhett, 19, was drafted with choose 37 within the 2021 AFL draft, enjoying 9 video games in his first season with the Eagles in 2022.

The AFL membership is but to touch upon the matter.