Kaine Brennan remembered by friends and family

Family and friends remember a ‘one of a kind’ 19-year-old Cooloola Cove boy who died tragically when his car ran off the road in Gunalda on Saturday.

Nineteen-year-old Kaine Brennan has been remembered by his friends and family as 'one of a kind' when he died after his car left the road at Gunalda in the early hours of Saturday, October 7. Picture: Supplied

A young Cooloola Cove man has been remembered by his friends and family after his car left the road at Gunalda – between Gympie and Maryborough – and emergency services tragically found the scene of the fatal crash early Saturday morning.

Kaine Brennan, 19, of Cooloola Cove has been remembered by his friends as someone who “truly knew how to light up a room without even trying”.

“He was my special little man,” his nan Kim Brennan said.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better grandson.”

Nineteen-year-old Kaine Brennan has been remembered by his friends and family as 'one of a kind' when he died after his car left the road at Gunalda in the early hours of Saturday, October 7. Picture: Supplied

Mr Brennan, who loved motorbiking, skydiving and four-wheel-driving, spent most of his life between Tin Can Bay and Cooloola Cove with his father and his nan and had aspirations of becoming a welder.

He first wanted to be a builder, but he had health issues that prevented him from reaching a certain height above his shoulders, Ms Brennan said.

He thought being a welder would be easier and had applied for a traineeship.

He finished grade 11 at Gympie State High and was working as a trade assistant at his nan’s mechanic shop in Cooloola Cove.

“He always seemed to know what to do and was very caring,” Ms Brennan recalled.

She said when she found out a friend had cancer, he was right there ready to comfort her.

He had lots of friends who he’d speak to everyday and would look out for each other, she said.

“I’d love to just say that Kaine was always the type to make someone smile even when they didn’t want to,” his friend Ella Lloyd said.

“He was always putting a smile on their face weather (sic) it be from him just talking to you and joking around to even throwing your shoe off of a veranda to make you get up and go get it and motivate you to do something.

Kaine Brennan has been remembered as 'one of a kind' by his friends and family after he died in a fatal car accident in Gunalda on October 7, 2023. Picture: supplied

“He always put others before himself, he had the purest heart and sweetest soul there possibly could be.”

Social media has been filled with comments and thoughts from his friends in Tin Can Bay, Cooloola Cove and Rainbow Beach, a close-knit and caring community.

“Gonna miss you brother,” Luke Marshall wrote.

“This whole area won’t be the same without you mate, you knew everyone and everyone knew you! One of a kind,” Stephanie Henricks wrote.

“The whole of Cooloola will miss you,” Meaghan Bentley wrote.

“Absolutely devastating. Such a beautiful well mannered kid. Taken way too young,” Shauna McCauley wrote.

Emergency Services went to the crash site in the early hours of Saturday but the 19-year-old driver was confirmed dead at the scene.

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating and police are calling on anyone who may have witnessed the vehicle or may have relevant dashcam/CCTV to come forward.