Stolen ute, mystery over missing motorcyclist leaves Jimboomba good Samaritan traumatised
A good Samaritan, who stopped to help a motorcyclist, has warned other kind-hearted motorists after his ute was stolen from the roadside.
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A good Samaritan has been left traumatised after his ute was stolen while he searched along the roadside for a mystery motorcyclist’s body after an horrific accident.
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Jimboomba courier driver Scott Faulkner, 48, was forced to get a lift to work after his silver Mitsubishi Triton ute was stolen when he stopped to look for a mystery motorcyclist’s body after a horror crash near Canungra just before dawn on Monday.
Ever since, the Gold Coast courier driver has been wracked with nightmares that the motorcyclist was left to die in scrub on the roadside.
The trauma unfolded when Mr Faulkner was on his way to work at the Gold Coast just before dawn when he saw a motorcycle slam into a semi-trailer on a Beaudesert-Nerang Rd.
He pulled over believing the rider to be seriously injured, or worse, after being thrown from the bike into thick scrub with parts of the motorcycle scattered across the road.
“I kept my headlights on as it was still dark and kept the engine running so the battery did not go flat and jumped over the guardrail to look for the rider,” Mr Faulkner said.
“While I was in the bush, I yelled to the truck driver to call triple-O.
“I could see the motorbike smashed on the road but no rider so called to the truckie to look under the trailer.
“I was terrified I would find a body but kept searching because there was no way a person would come out of that crash unscathed — it could not have been faked.”
Police were notified and officers from Jimboomba station attended to take down statements in an effort to find the missing ute.
But even police have been baffled by the missing motorcyclist, despite finding Mr Faulkner’s ute abandoned on Wednesday less than 1km away on Clagiraba Rd.
They said they were now looking for the sneaky motorcyclist, who they believed grabbed the chance while Mr Faulkner was in the bush and stole the ute before dumping it.
Motorists reported seeing the ute on the Mt Lindesay Highway travelling towards Beaudesert on Tuesday, September 1.
After recovering his ute, Mr Faulkner said he was relieved – not because he had his car back but because it meant the motorcyclist was not dead.
“I will be able to sleep tonight – but I would do it again if it happened because I believe in humanity and doing the right thing.”
It is not the first time drivers have had their cars stolen while stopping to offer roadside help.
In August 2018, a blue Nissan Navara was stolen when a driver got out of his car to help a man he believed was an injured pedestrian near Dalby.