Sad details emerge on horror Qld crash
A young mum killed in a multi-car crash now being investigated as a domestic violence homicide had taken her boyfriend in before she died.
A young Queensland mum of two killed in a multi-car crash, now being investigated as a domestic violence homicide, had taken in her boyfriend to stay before she died.
Gypsy Satterley, 25, died when the ute she was in was rammed into the path of another vehicle on the Bruce Highway at Federal near Noosa on the Sunshine Coast on Friday at 4am.
Rafferty Rolfe, 25, from Yandina, who was allegedly in a stolen car which rammed her vehicle, is the sole survivor of the three-car collision.
On Friday night, he was charged with one count of robbery with violence whilst armed in relation to the alleged theft of a vehicle.
Police inquires are still ongoing, and the Courier Mail reports the incident is being investigated as a domestic violence homicide.
Rolfe has not been charged in relation to Ms Satterley’s death.
Police will allege Rolfe threatened a woman with a knife in Gympie and stole her Isuzu MU-X before the crash.
He is scheduled to appear in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday, July 24.
Two other people died in the firey crash, including a good Samaritan who picked up Ms Satterley by the side of the road at 4am and alpaca farmer Jessica Townsley, 38, who was the driver and sole occupant of the third vehicle in the crash.
Police have confirmed Ms Satterley and Mr Rolfe were in a relationship before the crash.
A close friend of Ms Satterley described her as a “beautiful person” who is survived by her brothers, sisters, mother and father to the Courier Mail.
The friend said she had invited Mr Rolfe to stay in her home just three weeks earlier when he was in need of a place to stay.
“We are all so shocked … she never deserved this at all,” the friend said.
In a statement, police alleged one of the cars had been “chasing a man and woman in another vehicle” just before 4am on the Bruce Highway near Federal, Queensland.
Driving northbound near exit 244, the man allegedly “attempted to ram” the victims’ car, causing both vehicles to cross over to the wrong side of the road.
A collision occurred between those two cars and a third car which was heading southbound, driven by a 38-year-old woman,” police said.
Police said Ms Townsley did not know any of the other persons in the crash.
Mr Rolfe was pulled from one of the cars.
He suffered serious head injuries and multiple other injuries and was taken to Gympie Hospital before being transferred to Sunshine Coast University Hospital, where he remains under police guard.
“Investigations by detectives from the Sunshine Coast District CIB are being assisted by Homicide Investigation Unit and Forensic Crash Unit are ongoing.
Passing motorist Roshanna Bowman told Nine’s Today show on Friday morning she saw lights and trucks before passing the crash.
“As we got closer, we just saw this car completely just squished up against the concrete between the two different lanes,” she said.
“We’re not sure how someone could’ve possibly survived that, all the rubbish was on the other side of the road as well.”
Investigators are asking any witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage of the Bruce Hwy area between 3am and 4am, or who saw the white Isuzu MUX after 4.30pm on July 20, to contact Crimestoppers.
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