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The devastated fiancée of a 26-year-old father who was killed when he fell out of her car said he was known as a prankster and would often jokingly scare her as they drove.

But when Emeka Udechuku opened the door as his wife-to-be Erin Lim drove him home after a night out in Darwin, at about 4:30am on Saturday, the joke took a tragic turn when he fell out of the car and hit his head.

'He used to open the door to scare me, he has opened and shut the door,' Ms Lim told NT News.

'I know that he would never leave us. He was so happy in life and looking forward to so many things to be planned,' she said.

Police are investigating Mr Udechuku's (pictured left with his fiancee, Erin Lim) death and will prepare a report into his death for the coroner

Mr Udechuku had become a father to her son from a previous relationship and the two had a young daughter together

Just a week before the accident Mr Udechuku and Ms Lim were on a romantic trip in Phuket, Thailand, where he proposed to the mother-of-two.

'It was the most perfect and magical week and we were so happy everything was falling into place,' Ms Lim said.

Ms Lim said that her fiancé had become a father to her son from a previous relationship and the two had a young daughter together and were looking forward to moving in together and planning an engagement party.

His friends were very important to him and had become a part of his family, Ms Lim said.

Emeka Udechuku (left with his friend, Sam Dorling) died after he jumped from a car driven by his sober fiancee just a week after he proposed to her in Thailand

Mr Udechuku (left), 26, hit his head on concrete in Darwin, in Northern Territory, on Saturday about 4.30am. Above is a tribute from Mr Dorling (right)

After he was pronounced dead on Sunday, Mr Udechuku's friends shared their grief on social media and remembered him as 'a beautiful father and family man'.

'I'm absolutely numb and I still don't know how to express the loss of the best and most amazing person I have ever come across in my life,' friend Sam Dorling wrote on Facebook.

'My best friend, my brother, my shoulder to cry on, my party buddy and the key to happiness for myself and so many other people.

'It was only last week we had the best night out in Thailand together celebrating your engagement to Erin Lim, now your [sic] gone.'

Mr Udechuku's friends have shared their grief on social media and remembered him as 'a beautiful father and family man'

Mr Dorling also vowed to look after Mr Udechuku's daughter, Anaya, who he affectionately nicknamed 'chubba'.

'I know your [sic] gonna read this post from heaven so I want you know you beautiful little girl is in safe hands and she will growing up knowing how amazing her father was,' Mr Dorling said.

Unfortunately Mr Dorling was unable to make it to his friend's bedside in Darwin from Sydney to say goodbye before Mr Udechuku died surrounded by other friends and family.

He described Mr Udechuku as his 'brother', and said he was from a small close-knit family and had who only just lost his mother.

The 26-year-old died after he jumped from a car his fiancee was driving just a week at the Vanderlin Drive and Lee Point Rd roundabout (above) after he proposed to her in Thailand

'[Emeka] loved the spotlight and liked his Instagram likes. It's amazing the amount love and attention he is getting, he deserves every bit,' Mr Dorling told Daily Mail Australia.

'I can't explain what kind of person he was. I've never met anyone like him. He could walk into a nightclub and the whole nightclub would feel different.

'Whatever was going on with you, you would call him and he fixed it.

'The whole town loved him. No one had a bad word to say about him.'

A Go Fund me account set up to help Mr Udecheku's family has raised $27,279 in two days.