Sunshine Coast Council denies complaints amid Glasshouse Mountains tragedy

Following a freak accident that claimed the lives of two women in the Glasshouse Mountains, the council has responded to claims complaints had been made about the potentially dangerous tree.

Little Mountain Woman Jasmyne Lloyd, 20, and Glasshouse Mountains woman Joy Charlton, 80, were killed in a tragic accident at the Glasshouse Mountains on New Year's Eve after a tree fell on their car.

The Sunshine Coast Regional Council has said it did not receive any complaints about a tree on Old Gympie Rd in the Glasshouse Mountains, which killed two women when it fell on New Year’s Eve.

Police are investigating the incident and what may have caused the tree to break and fall on a Volkswagen with Little Mountain woman Jasmyne Lloyd, 20, and passenger, Glasshouse Mountains woman Joy Charlton, 80, inside.

Both women died at the scene.

The tragedy sparked an outpouring of grief, including from Mrs Lloyd’s devastated husband, Dylan Lloyd, who said they were just shy of four months of marriage.

Little Mountain Woman Jasmyne Lloyd, 20, and Glasshouse Mountains woman Joy Charlton, 80, were killed in a tragic accident at the Glasshouse Mountains on New Year's Eve after a tree fell on their car.

Mrs Charlton’s daughter, Tenille, expressed her heartbreak on January 2 and asked if the accident could have been avoided.

“Isn’t there supposed to be people that’s job is supposed to be to cut them down?,” she said.

“I don’t want to blame anyone or make it anyone’s problem but it’s so tragic and it could have been stopped.

The scene on Old Gympie Road at Glasshouse Mountains where two people were killed after a tree fell on their car. Picture Lachie Millard

“It’s so close to the road.”

In the wake of the tragedy, some residents said they raised concerns about the tree.

However the council confirmed no formal complaints were made.

“Sunshine Coast Council has not received any requests relating to a tree at this location,” a spokesman said.

“Our thoughts and sympathies are with the loved ones of those involved in this tragedy.”

Scene on Old Gympie Road at Glasshouse Mountains where two people were killed after a tree fell on their car. Picture Lachie Millard

Acting Chief Superintendent Chris Stream said on January 1 that police were not able to determine if the tree fell from rot or from “animal intervention”.

“But the tree, and a large section of that tree, broke away,” he said.

“Unfortunately as that vehicle was passing under – a couple of seconds either way the vehicle would have been clear – it struck the vehicle and then the vehicle exited the road.”

A Queensland Police spokesman said the tragedy was a matter of the women being in the “wrong place, at the wrong time”.