When Aaron Roberts placed a diamond engagement ring on his young partner's finger, he never imagined it would be as she lay dead in a funeral home.
Twenty-six-year-old Danielle McGrath was killed on her way to work in Sydney when a truck ran a red light.
According to AAP, her partner Roberts told a packed court room: "I lost the brightest part of my day, my best friend and my future wife," and revealed he was planning a surprise proposal to McGrath.
Instead, Roberts arrived to the scene of a truck versus pedestrian accident to see McGrath's handbag and belongings scattered across the road and a sheet covering his partner of almost six years.
