Payne Haas’ mum just weeks out of jail, allegedly driving with suspended licence at time of Gold Coast triple fatal
Payne Haas’ mum was just weeks out of jail and allegedly driving on a suspended licence when she was involved in a horrific crash that killed three members of the same family.
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The sole survivor of a horrific two-car crash on the Gold Coast which left three members of the same family dead was allegedly driving with a suspended licence at the time of the tragedy.
Uiatu “Joan” Taufua, the mother of Brisbane Broncos star Payne Haas, remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition with multiple injuries after the accident at Bonogin about 5pm Friday.
She is yet to speak to police about the tragic accident which left a 70-year-old woman, her 79-year-old partner, and her 35-year-old daughter, dead.
No charges have been laid and police are yet to determine the cause of the crash.
It is understood Ms Taufua, 46, has a lengthy traffic infringement history and had her driver’s licence suspended in November for accumulated points-based offences.
She had only weeks ago been released from jail in October after serving a month in custody for assaulting two security guards at the Star Gold Coast casino.
In September, she was sentenced to nine months in jail, to be released after serving one month.
In 2019, she was given a suspended sentence over a road rage incident where she attacked a delivery driver.
She pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm over the attack on the driver and was sentenced to two years’ jail with immediate parole.
Police allege on Friday afternoon she was “driving erratically” behind the wheel of a black Mercedes wagon on Bonogin Road when she was spotted by a patrolling police car.
The police officers activated the car’s lights in a bid to intercept the vehicle, but it is alleged that Ms Taufua then sped off and officers did not engage in a pursuit.
They were flagged down by a passing motorist just minutes later alerting them to the horrific scene down the road.
A good Samaritan who helped police officers pull Ms Taufua from the burning wreckage of her car was taken to Robina Hospital and treated for emotional distress while Ms Taufua was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition.
Ms Taufua suffered serious injuries including head wounds, bruised lungs and fractures to her sternum, face and arms, but remains in a stable condition.
Exactly how the cars came to collide is the subject of an investigation by the Queensland Police Service Forensic Crash Unit.
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