Ella Knights was on the holiday of a lifetime.
The 26-year-old advertising and marketing employee, who lived in Pyrmont in Sydney, had been travelling through South East Asia for almost three weeks, and had just become a certified yoga instructor.
About 3am yesterday morning, Ella was found by a passerby lying face down in a gutter in North Kuta after she fell off the scooter she was driving.
Police believe Ella was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
Badung Precinct Traffic Police Chief Raka Wiratma told AAP she was taken to a nearby medical clinic, but she was declared dead by doctors and her body was taken to a hospital.
Just a week before her death, Ella posted a video to her Instagram account apologising to her mum for not wearing a helmet while riding on a scooter around Bali.
Top Comments
When will people learn? If you don't have a motorbike license...don't rent a motorbike! So many idiot tourists do this when in asia, and sadly that arrogance often costs them their life. My condolences to her family, a very sad, yet preventable loss.
I have a motorcycle licence (and a motorcycle!) so clearly I'm not totally averse to risk, yet I would never ride in Asia. It's just not worth it, for all kinds of reasons.
And wear the damn helmet! Being on holiday doesn't make you invincible.
God, this is so sad, I can't imagine what seeing that video would do to her family.