Charters Towers man Cedric Harris charged for fatal crash that killed Katrina McLachlan

The partner of a beloved mum-of-four who was hit by a car and killed in Charters Towers has been charged over her death.

Katrina McLachlan, 30, tragically died after being hit by a car in Millchester November 5. Picture: Supplied

The partner of a beloved mum-of-four who was hit by a car and killed in Charters Towers has been charged over her death.

Police charged Cedric Harris, 49, last Monday following the death of his 30-year-old partner, Katrina McLachlan, in Millchester on November 5, 2022.

He has been charged with driving without due care and attention causing death and driving whilst over the middle alcohol limit.

Police will allege the man was driving a vehicle on Bluff Road around 9.50pm when it fatally hit Ms McLachlan.

He has been served a notice to appear in Charters Towers Magistrates Court on May 15.

Katrina McLachlan died after being hit by a car along Bluff Rd.

Her sister Casey Busch said the couple had been in a relationship for about half a year before she died.

She said their grieving family had been anxiously waiting to see if charges would be laid for more than five months.

“It’s been hard to move on because we don’t have no closure or nothing,” she said.

“We want justice for Katrina.”

Casey Busch has been caring for her sister Katrina McLachlan’s four children after she was hit by a car and killed in Charters Towers. Picture: Supplied

She said her sister’s death had taken the hardest toll on her kids, aged 3, 8, 10 and 14.

“It’s heartbreaking because now her four kids are with me,” Ms Busch said

“We’ve got to look in their faces every day and see how confused they still are about why they can’t see their mother anymore. They still look for her.

Katrina McLachlan, 30, tragically died after being hit by a car in Millchester on November 5. Picture: Facebook

“I’ve taken them to stay with me in Cloncurry for now.

“Every time we go back to Charters Towers, we always take them out to see their mother’s grave, but they don’t really understand why we’re going out there.”

The beloved stay-at-home mum was farewelled at a funeral at the Arthur Titley Centre on December 5.

Tributes from family and friends remembered Ms McLachlan as a “beautiful woman”.

“You will be dearly missed, rest easy sister,” one person wrote on Facebook.

“RIP taken way too soon. So very sad,” said another.

Originally published as Charters Towers man Cedric Harris charged for fatal crash that killed Katrina McLachlan