Local Woodridge MP Cameron Dick also arrived to pay respects and support a community in shock from the tragedy.
“I went to the scene to lay flowers this morning, as did other members of our local community, and you could see the emotional impact of this tragedy on people’s faces. The pain was very real,” Dick said.
“While there, I spoke to the grandfather, who has lost his son and grandson. I can only begin to imagine the level of grief he is experiencing. But I know our community will rally around those who are suffering.”
As police examined the scene on Sunday, a small child’s balance bike was seen in pieces on the footpath, alongside a helmet.
The driver of the LDV dual-cab utility, 41-year-old Trevor William Galbraith from Regents Park, was taken into custody at the scene and charged overnight with two counts of manslaughter.
A child’s balance bike was in pieces at the scene.Credit: Nine News
He was less than two kilometres from his home when his ute allegedly veered from the road and struck the father and son.
Galbraith’s case was mentioned in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Monday, where he was remanded in custody and the matter was adjourned until October 20.
Logan City councillor Jacob Heremaia extended his condolences to the family and vowed to investigate measures to make Green Road, where the speed limit is 70km/h, safer for pedestrians.
“I have personally contacted the chief executive officer of the city council for an urgent investigation and action to improve pedestrian safety on Green Road,” he wrote on Facebook.
Dianna Quilter, who lives near the scene, said the Regents Park community was reeling from the tragedy.
“When you take your little one for a walk to get an ice-cream and you’re on a footpath, this should never happen,” she said.
The deaths occurred during a horror weekend on Queensland’s roads.
Two suburbs over in Greenbank, a 31-year-old New Beith man died when his Volkswagen Amarok rolled on New Beith Road.
His two passengers, a 36-year-old Regents Park man and a 35-year-old Eagleby man, were taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital with minor injuries.
Flowers and stuffed animals left near the scene of the tragedy.Credit: Catherine Strohfeldt
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.
The state’s 2025 road toll now sits at 187, four more deaths than at the same time last year.
Peak motoring body RACQ released data on the weekend highlighting the Queensland electorates with the most road trauma. It also called for tougher police enforcement.
Among the worst from 2019 to 2023 was the electorate of Nanango, which takes in the towns of Kingaroy and Crows Nest north-west of Brisbane, where 66 lives were lost.
That was followed by the electorate of Mirani, which takes in towns along the Queensland coast between Rockhampton and Mackay, where 50 people were killed.
Over the same four-year period, 49 road users were killed in the Scenic Rim, on the south-western outskirts of Brisbane, while 46 died in the Gympie electorate.
“We have a road safety crisis here in Queensland,” RACQ chief executive David Carter said.
The body is calling for the urgent rollout of more point-to-point speed cameras on high-risk roads, as well as more police on the roads.
Its call was supported by Dr David Lockwood from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
“It is clear the current strategies are not working to curb the cultural crisis on Queensland’s roads,” he said.
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