Remembering the faces of Ipswich’s tragic road toll in 2021
After a horror year on Queensland roads, the QT is taking a moment to remember the lives lost on Ipswich roads and the family members who will be spending their first Christmas without their loved ones.
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After a horror year on Queensland roads, the QT is taking a moment to remember the lives lost on Ipswich roads and the family members who will be spending their first Christmas without their loved ones.
Between January 1 and December 12, 268 people have died as a result of crashes on the state’s roads.
Fifty fatalities occurred in the Southern Police Region, which Ipswich is included in, up from 41 at this time last year.
Ipswich police recently urged motorists to remain safe and sensible while behind the wheel these holidays.
Officers across the district will be maintaining a high visibility presence on local roads over the festive season to ensure motorists are travelling safely at one of the busiest times of year for the state’s road network.
“Be sure to put your own and all other road users’ safety first these holidays, don’t meet us by accident,” a spokesman said.
Here are the faces of the Ipswich road toll in 2021.
Tien Snowden Rogers
Salisbury teenager Tien Rogers sadly died in June when his car rolled in a single-vehicle accident on the Brisbane Valley Highway.
The 19-year-old was remembered as a “kind and caring” man who loved his family.
Friend Liam Irons took to social media to pay tribute to his friend, saying, “Love ya mate”.
He said Mr Snowden Rogers was a “kind and caring man”.
“He was always there for his boys.”
Friend Hayley Barnett also took to Facebook to remember the teenager.
“RIP mate, you were a good kid and will forever be in our hearts, fly high,” she said.
Josh Austen
Josh Austen, a young dad who tragically died in a crash in Ipswich “worshipped” his family and would have done anything for those in need of help, according to his grieving father.
He died when his Toyota RAV4 veered off the Warrego Highway into a trailer parked in a stopping bay on the morning of September 7.
He leaves behind wife Larissa and their baby daughter Bonnie.
Friends, family and colleagues paid emotional tributes to Mr Austen, 26, who worked as a correctional officer at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre.
The Karana Downs man was fiercely protective of his four younger sisters and had a second family at the correctional centre, his father said.
“Josh loved everybody,” Brett said.
“He was loyal to his mates. He’d just look after everybody. His wife and his daughter, he worshipped them. He lived for them.
Rani Holder and Kyle Stacey
Rani Adams, Kyle Stacey, and a two-year-old girl tragically died in a horror two-car crash on the Ipswich Motorway at Redbank Plains.
The Lockyer Valley couple was killed on September 29 when their SUV was hit at speed on the Ipswich Motorway as they were heading home about 11pm.
Friend Lanah Craik launched the GoFundMe campaign on behalf of Rani’s mum Rosette Adams, who now cares for the couple’s surviving children.
“Rani was a very loving human being, she would do anything for anyone. I just know that if this was me, Rani would do the same thing for my family,” she said.
“Kyle was a really gentle, kind fella.”
The collision also killed the driver of the second car.
Jake Donnelly
The death of a southeast Queensland man rocked a small community south of Ipswich after his life was cut short following a horror crash on Ipswich’s Boonah Road in early November.
Jake Donnelly had been a passenger in his ute when the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a tree at Milbong.
Sadly, Mr Donnelly left behind the love of his life Samantha Browne.
The pair was engaged for just over a year after Mr Donnelly got down on one knee at a Spicers Gap lookout in 2020.
Ms Browne said she was lost for words after losing her ‘everything’.
Fred Henderson
Tributes flowed for a “loveable”, “sweet and funny” man whose life was tragically cut short the day after his 65th birthday, when a truck collided with his car at Mount Tarampa in November.
Police, firefighters, and paramedics were called out to the crash at the intersection of Coominya Connection and Watsons Roads about 5.20am, and arrived to find a person trapped in a vehicle.
Morton Vale man Fred Henderson died at the scene.
Loved by many, he spent his last full day on earth surrounded by loved ones as they celebrated his birthday.
A dear friend of his for more than a decade, Sharin Coley, said he was being his generous self the morning he passed.
“Fred was doing what Fred done best helping others by taking this young fella to his workplace when tragedy struck,” Ms Coley said
“A lot of tears are being shed for you Fred right now and I’m sure that isn’t finished yet my friend,” she said.
Calvin Clack
Calvin Clack was revealed as the driver of a car that collided head-on with another vehicle while he was driving the wrong way on the Ipswich Motorway at Redbank Plains.
Mr Clack, a father, electrician and known criminal died instantly when he was ejected from the dark blue Ford Focus he was driving.
The horror collision also killed a 37-year-old woman, her 39-year-old boyfriend and a two-year-old girl, who were trapped in their SUV when it exploded into flames.
A 35-year-old woman tragically passed away following a truck and car crash on Mount Juillerat Drive in Redbank Plains in February.
An Ipswich woman, in her 30s, died in March following a single-vehicle rollover in Collingwood Park.
A 53-year-old North Ipswich man sadly passed at the scene of a motorbike and car accident on the Logan Motorway at Carole Park in March.
A Coominya woman lost her life after a horror crash after her car left the roadway and collided with a tree in July.
A 61-year-old Redbank Plains man died in a car crash at Highbury Drive, following a medical episode in August.
A pedestrian was tragically killed in October after being hit by a truck on the Warrego Highway in Bundamba.
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