Grieving daughter trying to piece life back together after deadly Bonogin crash

A Gold Coast woman who lost three family members in the horrific hinterland car crash allegedly caused by Uiatu “Joan” Taufua is still trying to piece her life together.

Steffanie Zimmer (left) Susan Zimmer (right) were killed in the Bonogin crash.

A Gold Coast woman who lost three family members in the horrific hinterland car crash allegedly caused by Uiatu “Joan” Taufua is still trying to piece her life together.

Claudine Snow’s sister Steffi Zimmer, her mother Susan and her mum’s partner Chris Fawcett all died within moments of an explosive crash with a vehicle allegedly being driven by Taufua at Bonogin in the Gold Coast hinterland on December 30 last year.

Claudine Snow, at the scene of the crash, says she is still coming to terms with the death of three of her family. Picture: Richard Gosling

Mrs Snow has watched news reports of Haas fronting media conferences to talk of the toll the crash has taken on his family with mixed emotions.

“It hurts deeply to hear about that family missing their mother (but) mine will never come back to me,” she said.

Uiatu "Joan" Taufua, mother of Brisbane Broncos star Payne Haas.

After burying her loved ones, Mrs Snow relocated her young family from the NSW north coast to live in her mother’s house - just a handful of kilometres from Taufua’s own family home.

The thought of running into Taufua’s family - which includes Brisbane Broncos star Payne Haas, fills Mrs Snow with dread, while she also faces the brutal reality of driving past the site of the horrific crash almost every day.

Chris Fawcett died in the crash with his partner, Susan, and her daughter Steffanie.

A roadside shrine still marks the spot where her loved ones lost their lives.

Mrs Snow has shown enormous courage in navigating just the latest tragedy to strike the family (both she and a daughter have faced their own serious health battles in recent years) and she told The Sunday Mail it was still hard to come to terms with the consequences of the crash.

The fatal crash scene.

“It’s been an incredibly difficult Easter - the first holiday without my little sister and my mum,” she said.

She said she felt “so many memories” had been taken from her and her three young children.

“I grieve the reality that this is permanent and when we celebrate Mother’s Day next month, I am the only one left in my family who can be called Mum.”