Initial police investigations suggest the 18-year-old was travelling along Rutherford Road, Kulangoor, when he veered off the road and into a tree about 4.45am.
The man, who was the only occupant of the vehicle, died at the scene.The white Mitsubishi Outlander was stolen from a Nambour property prior to the crash. The car’s owner DeAnne Pokarier, who is nearly $5000 out of pocket after the crash, said she was devastated for the driver and his family.“I wasn’t thinking about anything except for an 18-year-old boy has lost his life and his family have lost him and I didn’t really care about anything else,” she said.
“I was just devastated for the fact that a few days after Christmas a family is going to be grieving the loss of a young man who has obviously made some mistakes.”The mother-of-four said it wasn’t until the news sunk in that she realised the financial strain imposed by the incident.“I’m pretty devastated, we are about $4500 short on our loan on the car and our insurance only covers a certain per cent, so we are out of pocket $4500 and we have no car, no car seat and our little boys favourite Christmas present from Santa was in the back seat,” she said.Another woman, who did not want to be identified, has told of how she rushed to the scene and desperately tried to free the trapped teen.
“We heard a big noise and came out and ran over there,” she said.“He had his arm hanging out of the car and he was slumped over the steering wheel.“I checked for a pulse, it felt like there was a real faint pulse.“I couldn’t get any of the doors open and I was checking for kids because there were toys and stuff coming out of the car.”The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.
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