29-year-old Australian actress, Jessica Falkholt has died
weeks after she was involved in a horrific car crash that killed three members
of her family.
Falkholt passed away on Wednesday Jan. 17, the hospital where
she had been in a coma since the accident confirmed on behalf of the surviving
members of her family.
“On behalf of the family of Jessica Falkholt, St. George
Hospital has been asked to advise the media and the community of Jessica’s
passing today at 10.20am,” a spokesperson for the hospital said in a statement,
obtained by PEOPLE.
“Jessica passed away from serious injuries sustained in a
motor vehicle accident on 26 December, 2017,” the statement read.
Falkholt, who played Hope Morrison on long-running
Australian TV soap opera Home and Away, was involved in a car
accident on Dec. 26, Boxing Day holiday that claimed the lives of her
sister, Annabelle, 21, and parents: father Lars, 69, and Vivian, 61. Lars
and Vivian died at the scene of the crash and Annabelle died in the hospital
three days later, according to News.Com.Au. The oncoming driver, Craig
Anthony Whitall, 51, also died in the wreck.
Following the crash, Falkholt underwent multiple surgeries
and reportedly remained in a coma. She was taken off of life support the day
after her family’s funeral, which was held Jan. 10, and remained in critical
condition for almost a week.
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