Volkan Aksoy, 20, was remembered as a "kind and compassionate young man" who was looking forward to an overseas trip with his best friends later this year.
A pedestrian killed by an out-of-control car outside a Melbourne comic convention has been remembered as a "kind and compassionate young man" who was looking forward to an overseas trip with his best friends later this year.
Volkan Aksoy, 20, was killed when a Toyota Echo swerved across Langs Road in Ascot Vale and mounted a kerb outside the Melbourne Showgrounds about 5pm on Saturday.
Aksoy, who had spent most of the day with his friends at the Supanova Comic Con and Gaming event, died at the scene.
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His best friend, also 20, suffered a cracked skull and fractured leg and was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Another friend has been discharged after he was taken to hospital for shock.
Aksoy's heartbroken mother described her son as "a kind and compassionate young man who cherished time with his friends and family, whom he loved deeply".
"He had a beautiful spirit, he was very much loved and will be profoundly missed by all who knew him," she told 9News.
The family is struggling to come to terms with the tragedy, his mother said.
"His life was taken far too soon - there's no other way to describe it."
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Aksoy's colleagues at the Keysborough fast-food restaurant where he worked for several years remembered the young man as a "well-mannered, easy-going, social gentleman".
"He had big dreams, he was very intellectual, that's what I'm going to miss the most about him," friend and coworker Hasha Kong said.
"I remembered he was so excited to go to Japan at the end of the year with his high school best friends, until this happened.
"But I am so grateful to have met him. I believe that anyone would love to have a person just like Volkan in their life."
Police allege the Werribee man who was allegedly behind the wheel was on bail at the time and was unlicensed.
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Amer Dau, 33, fronted court today charged with dangerous driving causing death, culpable driving and committing an indictable offence whilst on bail.
He made no further application for bail and will remain behind bars until his next court appearance in September.
Investigations remain ongoing as to whether it was a deliberate act, but detectives have ruled out terrorism.
Further charges could be laid, police said.
He'll face court again in September.
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