Stepmum watched teen die when he crashed his motorbike and she says the horror wrecked her life. Now she wants the state to pay up - even though he was riding recklessly

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A second family member has launched legal action alleging a teenager's own negligence caused the motorbike crash that killed him.

Published: 08:00 GMT, 15 November 2026 | Updated: 08:00 GMT, 15 November 2026

A second family member has launched legal action alleging her life was wrecked after a teenager's own negligence caused the motorbike crash that killed him.

Kasey Paynting, 40 – described in court documents as Tyler McGlashan's stepmother – filed the writ in the Supreme Court of Victoria last week.

It comes just days after the Daily Mail revealed Tyler's father, Lucas McGlashan, had launched his own civil action over the same crash.

Tyler, 18, died on March 9, 2022 when he lost control of his motorbike and collided with a trailer near Lockwood, north of Bendigo.

According to the statement of claim, he was approaching the intersection with Bendigo-Maryborough Road when the accident happened.

Ms Paynting alleges she attended the scene in the immediate aftermath and watched Tyler die.

Emergency crews, bystanders and police had performed CPR on Tyler for 35 minutes before he was pronounced dead.

Ms Paynting claims the tragedy left her with post-traumatic stress disorder, severe adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depression, prolonged grief disorder, exacerbation of anxiety and depression, mental harm and nervous shock.

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