Young couple expecting a baby left shaken after traumatic accident left them dangling in flipped car

A mother has shared her rage after her daughter and unborn grandchild were almost taken from her in a traumatic hit and run on the Bruce Highway.

A young couple expecting a child has been left traumatised after a horrific accident in which their car was rammed into a concrete guard rail and flipped upside down on the Bruce Highway.

Harry Conroy and Emily Robinson were driving home to Kallangur on September 18 when their Ford Ranger was hit by an allegedly speeding car about 6pm.

The force of the impact was so severe that Mr Conroy’s ute overturned, coming to rest 30m down the road and tearing the canopy and toolboxes from the back of the vehicle.

It’s alleged the car was not only travelling at high speed, but weaving in and out of traffic prior to the crash near the Deception Bay overpass.

Harry, Emily and their unborn child miraculously survived this horrific crash on the Bruce Highway at Deception Bay. Picture: Moreton Alert.

Mr Conroy, 21 and Ms Robinson, 22, who is also 19 weeks pregnant, were pulled from the wreckage by strangers after the occupants of the other car allegedly fled the scene on foot.

Ms Robinson’s mother, Tabatha Duke, said she had a gut-feeling that night that something was very wrong.

“That night I actually just picked my phone up just before she rang me and I felt really sick,” Ms Duke said.

“I said to my husband ‘something is wrong’ and then next thing you know my phone rang.

“I don’t usually answer random numbers that ring me unless I’m expecting a phone call and my phone is always on silent but I just answered it.

“And Emily was on the phone crying saying ‘the car is on its roof’.

Harry, Emily and their unborn child miraculously survived this horrific crash on the Bruce Highway at Deception Bay. Picture: Moreton Alert.

The 39-year-old said it was the “scariest phone call” she’d ever received as a parent.

“They’re expecting their first baby – and that was really scary between losing my daughter, losing my unborn grandbaby and losing Harry all at once,” she said.

“It took me two minutes to get from my house to my daughter on the highway, which it should not have, but I just needed to get to her.

“I pulled up on the northbound (side) of the highway and I jumped the guard rails to get over to them – I beat emergency services out there to her.”

Emily, 22 and Harry, 21, are expecting their first child.

Ms Duke said the scene of the accident was extremely confronting.

“When I got there that’s when I found out the people had (allegedly) done a runner and I was like “are you kidding me, like for real”,” she said.

“I just could not believe it … not one of them even checked, not one of them had the decency to make sure that they were OK.

“I don’t know how anyone could do that.

“Emily said to me, ‘Mum I thought I was dead, everything went white and I thought I’m never going to see my mum again’.”

Harry, a third year tiling apprentice has been left without his tools of the trade and his car.

Thankfully, the young couple and their unborn bub are all physically OK.

Ms Duke said emotionally and mentally though there were scars.

“Harry is back at work but he’s not sleeping well at night and neither is Emily.

“Unfortunately Emily still hasn’t driven a car.

“I think if one of my kids were killed in this car crash I guarantee that one of those people in that car, I’d be out looking for them and they’d be dead – I wouldn’t even think twice.

“She’s my baby.”

Ms Duke said the family was extremely grateful for the help they received that night.

“Thank you to the amazing emergency service people who attended, Jenny for letting my daughter use her phone to call me, Craig for helping them out of the car wreck,” she said.

“And everyone who helped salvage the belongings spread across the side of the highway.

“It shows the empathy and kindness that us humans are naturally built with and as a mum who immediately went into protection mode, this was definitely what helped me pull through that night.”

Harry Conroy’s pride and joy prior to the crash.

A Queensland Police Service spokesman confirmed an investigation into the accident was ongoing.

No arrests have been made.

Unfortunately for the young couple, they’re left to start from scratch.

Harry, a third year tiling apprentice, was left without his tools with the majority of them strewn across the road or damaged beyond repair.

“The car was insured but the tools weren’t insured. We weren’t aware that the tools had to be insured separately,” Ms Duke said.

“He had full comprehensive insurance but the insurance only paid out his loan for the car.

“He’s spent over $20,000 in the last three years trying to get his collection together of work tools and modify his truck to be able to carry it.

“Now he’s got to get another loan to purchase a car and tools, which he doesn’t mind doing, but it’s the fact all the modifications done to his car to make it perfect to work for him for work.

“Any help is greatly appreciated and everything will be put towards helping Harry get his tools of the trade back so he is not stressing, especially while expecting a new baby for the first time.”

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