Sydney woman Marina Morgan killed on Hamilton Island days after tying the knot

Sydney woman Marina Morgan has been killed on Hamilton Island just days after tying the knot, when a buggy driven by her new husband overturned.

A newlywed bride killed in a golf buggy crash on Hamilton Island during her honeymoon has been identified as Sydney woman Marina Morgan.

The 29-year-old, from the inner west, was enjoying her honeymoon with new husband Robbie just days after they tied the knot when tragedy struck on Monday afternoon.

Ms Morgan had married her long-term partner the previous week at a lavish celebration at Doltone House before heading to Hamilton Island for a dream getaway.

An off-duty firefighter and dentist fought frantically to save her after the buggy, driven by her husband, overturned on Whitsunday Boulevard, which is on the northern end of the island.

The firefighter and dentist were among the first on the scene and ­immediately started giving first aid to Ms Morgan, who had gone into cardiac arrest. They were joined by a doctor and paramedic from the island, who for 35 minutes performed CPR, but Ms Morgan died at the scene.

Marina Morgan died after a golf buggy rolled while she was on her honeymoon on Hamilton Island. Picture: 9 News

She and new husband Robbie tied the knot at Sydney’s Doltone House days earlier.

Queensland Ambulance acting director Graeme McIntyre praised the efforts of those who were first on the scene.

“When paramedics arrived, the patient had been removed from the roadway and placed to the side of the road and … in the lateral position to clear her airway, which is absolutely fantastic for first-aiders to do,” he said.

Police said Ms Morgan was not wearing a seatbelt and early investigations suggested the vehicle’s battery had gone flat and that the buggy overturned as the driver did a U-turn to go back and charge it.

Queensland Police Inspector Anthony Cowan said there was no indication alcohol or dangerous driving was a factor in the crash.

“It’s just … tragic that the golf buggy, maybe through inexperience driving those types of vehicles, while turning has rolled on its side,” Inspector Cowan said.

“Unfortunately the female has ­fallen out and sustained life-threatening injuries.

Golf buggies are the main form of transport on Hamilton Island.

“It just appears inexperience in driving that type of vehicle, turned too quick and rolled on its side and unfortunately, it has ended up with this result.”

Inspector Cowan said Hamilton ­Island golf buggies were fitted with seatbelts and both police and island management enforced their use.

“They are subject to the same condition as any gazetted road on Hamilton Island,” he said.

“It appears there was no seatbelt worn at this point in time … but now is not the time to dwell on what they should have done.”

Ms Morgan’s husband was not injured in the crash.

Golf buggies are the main form of transport on the Queensland tourist hotspot. Mr McIntyre said buggy crashes there are a “common occurrence’’.

All travellers arriving on the island are required to watch an instructional video when they hire one, while guests at the exclusive qualia resort are giving one-on-one tutorials. Private residences available as rentals also often include buggies, but are governed by the same requirements and regulations.

In a statement, a spokesman for Hamilton Island said: “Our deepest thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends of the couple involved in this tragic accident.”

The tragedy comes just weeks after a man was flown to Townsville in a serious condition after suffering head injuries in a buggy crash on Hamilton Island.