Tributes flow for Maryborough crash victim Chelsea Maddox
Tributes have poured in for a 19-year-old crash victim after she died in hospital. Police continue to search for the driver of the vehicle, who allegedly fled the scene.
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Heartbreaking tributes have been paid to a young woman who died after a single-vehicle crash in Maryborough.
Welcome Creek’s Chelsea Maddox, 19, was critically injured in a crash on Albert St about 8.45am on Sunday.
Police confirmed she had died in hospital on Monday.
A close friend of Ms Maddox wrote: “Thinking of my very dear friends today. Rest In Peace sweet girl. I will always remember you as the caring, energetic, confident girl with a free spirit”.
“You are so loved Chelsea Maddox,” she added.
“My heart goes out to your family, especially to my best friend.
“Forever 19 babe. Heaven certainly gained an angel today. Fly high darling.”
“Life is something that at any second could be just taken away from you before you’ll even realise,” Benjamin Haines wrote.
Jordan Armstrong also posted a tribute on Facebook.
“You may be gone, but I’ll still have the great memories,” he wrote.
“Doesn’t seem real,” Levi Podetti wrote.
“So sad, fly high.”
Initial investigations indicate a white Ford Falcon sedan was travelling along Albert St around 8.45am Sunday, February 19, when it struck a power pole.
The male driver allegedly fled the scene on foot.
Police are appealing for the driver to come forward and contact police.
The Forensic Crash Unit is appealing for witnesses or those with dashcam vision of the crash to come forward.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24 hours a day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.
The public can report crime information anonymously via Crime Stoppers.
Call 1800 333 000 or report online at www.crimestoppersqld.com.au.
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