A mother says her heart has been “ripped to shreds” after witnessing a fiery crash that killed her fiance and two young children on a remote highway.
Renee Jenkins was in a vehicle travelling behind a car carrying her partner Shaun Ranger and kids Baylee, 7, and six-year-old Chandler when tragedy struck in central Queensland.
Ranger, the two children and another male passenger were killed when their Holden Commodore collided head-on with a Toyota Hilux ute carrying two people in the Central Highlands on Sunday.
Shaun Ranger and his children Baylee and Chandler.Credit: GoFundMe
The family was returning from a camping trip when the vehicles crashed west of Rockhampton on the Capricorn Highway, with both erupting in flames.
“I do know that she was at the scene while our officers responded and obviously she’s been devastated by this news,” Inspector Ben Wiltshire said of Jenkins.
It capped a horror period on Queensland roads in which 10 people died in three days.
Ms Jenkins told ABC News her heart had been “ripped to shreds” as she paid tribute to her partner and children.
She said her daughter Baylee was a “ray of sunshine” and described son Chandler as “gentle and loving”.
“I love them so deeply and just want them to come home, but I know they can’t,” she said.
A GoFundMe campaign for the family has been set up by friend Chantel Semple, has raised more than $46,000.
The other vehicle’s two passengers were taken to hospital. A 27-year-old man was flown to Brisbane with life-threatening injuries while another man, 28, was taken to Rockhampton Hospital where he is in a stable condition.
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