Horror crash kills mum, five-year-old daughter, leaves three others fighting for life

A community is mourning the loss of a mum and her five-year-old daughter killed in a horror crash near Toowoomba that has also left her husband and their two sons with life-threatening injuries.

Lotsy Jose and her five-year-old daughter Catelyn were killed in a crash that has left three other members of their family fighting for life.

A family who should have been starting a new life in Queensland are instead mourning the loss of a much-loved mother and daughter who were killed in a horror crash near Toowoomba.

Lotsy Jose, 35, and her five-year-old daughter Caitlyn died after their family’s Toyota Kluger crashed head-on with a truck on the Gore Highway west of Millmerran on Thursday morning.

The devastating collision left dad Bipin Chulliyadan, 39, and their two sons Chris, 8, and Caiden, 2, with life-threatening injuries.

Mr Chulliyadan was flown to Toowoomba Base Hospital with serious leg, pelvic and abdominal injuries.

The Malayali family had been travelling to Queensland for work.

The couple’s two boys were taken to Queensland Children’s Hospital - the same place where Lotsy was meant to begin work as a paediatric nurse in the coming weeks.

On Friday afternoon, Chris remained in a critical condition this morning while his younger brother was stable.

Secretary of the Toowoomba Malayali Association Benny Mathew said the family had been travelling from Orange, in regional New South Wales, to Bracken Ridge so that Lotsy could start her new job.

He said Bipin and the three children had only moved to Australia from India four months ago.

“It has been really hard news for our community,” Mr Mathew said.

Lotsy had previously worked as a paediatric nurse at Orange Private Hospital and friends paid tribute to her on social media saying she was a “beautiful lady”.

Many said it was a “tragic and unexpected loss” and that they were praying for the recovery of her husband and two sons.

Mr Mathew said his association had reached out to the Chulliyaden family to try and provide any care they can.

Members had also visited the scene of the crash to try and recover belongings to return to Bipin.

Emergency services attend the scene of a fatal truck and car collision on the Gore Highway at Millmerran Downs.

Emergency services were called to the crash about 7.20am on Thursday after the vehicles collided at Captains Mountain.

A LifeFlight aeromedical crew and the Rescue 500 chopper crew transported the boys to hospital.

The crash comes just two weeks after another mother and daughter were killed in a head-on collision with a truck near Toowoomba.

Jessica and Giselle Greig, 12, died when the SUV they were travelling in collided with a truck near Toowoomba on July 8.

Jessica Greig and her 12-year-old daughter Giselle died after the family’s SUV collided with a truck on the Toowoomba-Cecil Plains Road at Mt Irving near Toowoomba.

The Gympie mother and daughter were laid to rest on Thursday following the crash on July 8 that also left Jessica’s husband and Giselle’s father, Alex, fighting for his life.

The two youngest children, Jett and Oceana, survived the crash.

Since June 9, eight people have lost their lives on Toowoomba country roads and police yesterday warned motorists to take care.