Kyle James Richardson charged with dangerous driving causing death

A sentencing date has been set for a driver who pleaded guilty to causing a crash that claimed the life of a Sunshine Coast woman.

Kyle James Richardson was charged with driving uninsured, driving unlicensed, driving unregistered along with dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death while adversely affected by an intoxicating substance in the wake of the crash at Kanigan on December 21, 2023, that killed Sunshine Coast woman Cassandra Reilly.

A driver who caused a crash that claimed the life of a Sunshine Coast mum is set to be sentenced in August.

Kyle James Richardson, 25, was charged with dangerous driving causing death while adversely affected by an intoxicating substance after the crash at Kanigan on December 21, 2023, which killed 41-year-old Sunshine Coast mum Cassandra Reilly.

Mr Richardson pleaded guilty to the charges before Brisbane Magistrates Court, with the matter briefly mentioned before Maryborough Magistrates Court on Monday.

Cassandra Reilly, 41, was killed in a horror crash on the Bruce Hwy at Kanigan on December 21. Photo: Supplied

He remains in custody awaiting sentencing.

The crash happened just after 8.15pm when a Nissan Terrano and Toyota Yaris travelling on the Bruce Hwy at Kanigan collided head on.

Ms Reilly lived in the township of Reeseville, near Maleny in the Mary Valley, and it is understood she had family in Maryborough.

She had been working at a popular Caloundra cafe the Pastry Lab at the time of her tragic death.

The sentence is set to be heard at the next sitting of Maryborough District Court in August.