Nicole Tracey White broke her leg in a car accident, a few weeks later she was dead from the same condition that killed her mother

Nicole Tracey White was revived twice on the operating table before eventually losing her life after she broke her leg in a car accident.

Nicole Tracey White (left), who died from a blood clot, with her half-sister Stacey Hanley. Picture: Supplied by family

When Nicole Tracey White miraculously survived being hit by a car, she left the scene with only a broken leg.

Within weeks, she was dead.

In a cruel twist, the condition that took the mother-of-three’s life had also killed her own mother when she was only four years old.

Nicole, who leaves three children — Madison, 20, Diesel, 17, and Codie, 16 — was hit by a car in November and flown to the Royal Adelaide Hospital for surgery on her leg after suffering multiple fractures.

She had returned home to Lipson, a small town outside Tumby Bay, to begin her rehab, when she visited her younger half-sister Stacey Hanley at her home in Port Lincoln.

“She was her normal self, she was fine,” Ms Hanley told the Advertiser.

Nicole with her sister Stacey and niece Iylah. Picture: Supplied by family

But, on December 23, Nicole began experiencing chest pain and was rushed to Tumby Bay Hospital where they treated her for a heart attack.

The following day Nicole was flown to the Royal Adelaide Hospital where doctors discovered she had a blood clot and performed emergency brain surgery.

Nicole died on the operating table twice before doctors could finally revive her before placing her in a coma.

“They (doctors) managed to bring her back a third time but they weren’t sure if she would ever wake up or if she’d be able to speak … they couldn’t really predict the future,” Ms Hanley said.

On Christmas Day, Ms Hanley was holding her sister Nicole’s hand, when she noticed her twitch.

“I said to her ‘Nicole if you can hear me, open your eyes and squeeze my hand’,” Ms Hanley said.

Nicole’s left eye shot open and she looked straight at her younger sister.

“I’m a registered nurse and I knew she wasn’t going to make it but then I just had that hope, thinking maybe, she’d be a miracle,” she said.

But the next day, on December 26, three hours before Ms Hanley’s birthday, Nicole lost her battle.

Heartbreakingly, Nicole’s mother died of a blood clot when Nicole was only four — three weeks after she prematurely gave birth to Nicole’s younger sister Belinda.

“(Nicole) is the oldest sibling, one of seven, and she is so strong, just a fighter,” Ms Hanley said.

“She was always the fun one, always there if I ever needed anything, she would come no matter what.”

Nicole (right) with her sister Rebecca (left) when they were kids. Picture: Supplied by family

Just before her brain operation, Nicole had been on the phone with her sister Belinda.

“She told her: ‘I’m okay, I’ll be right’,” Ms Hanley said.

Those were the final words Nicole spoke.

Tragically, when Ms Hanley was driving home following her sister’s death, her seven-seater car hit a large kangaroo — totalling the vehicle.

“We were stuck on the road at 2.30am,” she said.

Nicole with her niece Iylah painting her nails. Picture: Supplied by family

Nicole lived on a small hobby farm in a quiet town.

She took care of sheep and pigs and loved to wear “trackies and thongs”.

Growing up Nicole was a “tomboy”.

She loved cars, especially V8s and motorbikes.

“She liked the quiet life,” Ms Hanley said.

She suffered with two blood conditions called Factor V Leiden and prothrombin gene mutation which increased her risk of blood clotting – her mother had the same conditions.

Nicole was born on October 11, 1979 and died on December 26, 2023; she was 44.

She is survived by her father Robert, her siblings, Rebecca, Belinda, Shaun, Stacey, Kimberly, and her children, Madison, Diesel and Codie.

The family is raising funds for Nicole’s funeral and burial.

Nicole has always wanted to be buried with her mum in Renmark.

If you’d like to donate you can here.

Originally published as Nicole Tracey White broke her leg in a car accident, a few weeks later she was dead from the same condition that killed her mother