Tears flowed in a Melbourne courtroom on Friday as loved ones paid tribute to Elise Hodder, who was killed by a drunk driver outside a Melbourne rave party last year.

Ms Hodder, 24, was remembered as a loving daughter, friend and promising model, whose life was cut short by the actions of Connor Mathiasson.

The County Court heard Mathiasson lost control of a Holden Commodore and slammed into Ms Hodder , her best friend Emma Swords and Jeremy Orr in Kooyong early on October 13, 2024.

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The parents of a 24-year-old woman killed when she was struck by a car in Melbourne's eastern suburbs on Sunday morning say she was a "beautiful soul with a radiance that touched everybody".

Mathiasson later returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.213

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