Tasmanian AFL community ‘devastated after legend Damien Medwin dies in fatal crash, aged 38.
Medwin’s silver Ford Territory was discovered submerged in a small lake in Smithton, in Tasmania’s northwest, at about 9.30am on Sunday.
Tasmania Police said initial inquiries indicate the car had been travelling west on Blackline Road before it veered off the road and hurtled into the water.
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‘As is usual process, a crash investigation is being conducted to determine the cause of the crash, and police will prepare a report for the Coroner (who will determine the cause of death),’ a police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia.
The father-of-three, aged 38, is survived by his wife, Bec, and their three young children: Hudson, Jordy, and Marni.
Damien Medwin was a senior assistant at the Forest-Stanley Football Club but most recently a player and assistant coach for the Circular Head Football Club.
The Circular Head Saints said they were ‘devastated’ in a statement on Facebook.
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‘As a club and as a small community, we are absolutely devastated by the sudden and tragic passing of our life member, team mate, club legend and friend,’ the club said.
‘Boony was a one-of-a-kind larrikin who filled the room with smiles and laughter.
‘Our lives are better for knowing him and sharing so many wonderful memories with such a treasured friend.’
The club said they would be supporting Bec and her children every step of the way and urged those who needed help to reach out.
The Forest-Stanley Football Club said words couldn’t describe the pain of the loss.
‘Everyone’s mate, our coach & player. You were always positive, our number 13,’ a statement on Facebook read.
‘You made people so welcome. You gave us hope even when the chips were down.
‘The club sends all our love to Bec and their kids Hudson, Jordy and Marni. To all the family, we can’t imagine what you are going through. Just know we are all having a tear and smile thinking of the great person and fun-loving guy Damien (Boony) was.’
A GoFundMe page has raised almost $60,000 for the Medwin family.
Organiser Nic Bellinger said the footballer had always been the life of the party and the first to put a positive spin on things.
‘With a long, tough road ahead for Bec and the kids, this is a way people near and far can provide some support to allow these beautiful people the time to grieve and love each other as they try to deal and navigate their way through the tragic loss of a very loving husband and father,’ he wrote.
Damien Medwin played 289 games (232 senior games) for the Circular Head Saints.
He was the club’s leading goal kicker on several occasions and was made life member at the end of 2018, just as the club went into recess.
The footballer started his playing career in the U18s before becoming a regular senior player between 2004-2013.
He took some years off, playing with Rennie in the Hume League (NSW) in 2008 and he was a premiership player with Forest/ Stanley in the CHFA in 2010.
Damien Medwin also played for Palmerston in the Northern Territory and Statewide League in Tassie (2014)with North Launceston. He played with Scottsdale in the NTFA before returning home to the Saints in 2015.
After Smithton Football Club disbanded, he had stints with East Devonport and Wallsend-West Newcastle in the Hunter Central Coast Competition in NSW where he and his young family had lived for the last four years.
In April, they returned to Smithton, a town on the northwest coast of Tasmania.
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