'We hit someone': Moment man hit on Warrego Highway

“THERE was this big bang and glass went everywhere.”

Photos of the scene taken by Jaymi Clarke who was in the passenger seat of the car that struck Steven King on the Warrego Highway on the evening of Friday, April 13, 2018. Picture: Jaymi Clarke

"THERE was this big bang and glass went everywhere."

Jaymi Clarke has described the moment her father's sedan struck a man walking along the Warrego Highway as "the most helpless feeling".

On Friday, April 13, around 7pm, Miss Clarke's father, Rhodney Clarke, was driving her and her five-year-old daughter, Kaylee home to Kogan when they struck Chinchilla man Steven King.

"I looked at Dad and said 'What the hell just happened?'," she said.

"And he said 'We just hit someone'."

Mr King had been attempting to cross the highway about 30km out of Dalby.

Kogan resident Jaymi Clarke, 22, and her daughter Kaylee Donohoe, 5. They were passengers in a car that struck Chinchilla man Steven King on Friday, April 13, 2018 at around 7pm on the Warrego Highway between Jondaryan and Bowenville. Picture: Jaymi Clarke

He is in an induced coma at Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital, having suffered multiple fractured bones and internal injuries, as well as having had his right leg amputated.

In the seconds after the accident, Mr Clarke pulled over to check on the man while Miss Clarke rang Triple Zero.

She said she then saw Mr King get struck a second time by a truck that had been travelling behind their car.

"It was the most helpless feeling."

Miss Clarke was instructed by a 000 operator to check on Mr King's condition.

"He was underneath the axle of the truck.

"I had to check to see if he was conscious and breathing."

Photos of the scene taken by Jaymi Clarke who was in the passenger seat of the car that struck Steven King on the Warrego Highway on the evening of Friday, April 13, 2018. Picture: Jaymi Clarke

Once Queensland Fire and Emergency Services arrived on the scene, they worked to free Mr King.

"We slowly inched the truck off him so that they could get to him and check him out and do what they could," she said.

"I had a blanket in the back of my car and ran and got that cause they were trying to warm him up and do what they could until the ambulance got there."

Miss Clarke described the confronting scenes as "pretty traumatic".

As Mr King was airlifted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Miss Clarke's concerns turned to her father who was taken to Dalby Hospital via ambulance.

"They were worried about his breathing because he was having shortness of breath and a tight chest sort of thing," she said.

Chinchilla resident Steven King, 30. Picture: Contributed

Mr Clarke was given the all clear and released soon after.

Miss Clarke said she was grateful for passing motorists who stopped to help.

"There were so many lovely people there," she said.

"There was this lady who stayed with my daughter Kaylee pretty much the whole time.

"I was in a pretty bad state of mind so I didn't really want for her to see me like that.

"My poor child, she didn't see what happened but it freaked her out, the bang and everything."

Photos of the scene taken by Jaymi Clarke who was in the passenger seat of the car that struck Steven King on the Warrego Highway on the evening of Friday, April 13, 2018. Picture: Jaymi Clarke

Miss Clarke was worried about what to tell her daughter about the accident but decided to tell her the truth.

"... You can't pull the wool over her eyes, she's too old for that, she knows what happened," she said.

The first few days after the accident were difficult for the family but Miss Clarke said her daughter was now back to normal.

For Miss Clarke and her father, things are slowly getting easier with the help of family and friends.

"We have plenty of support," she said.

"My cousin in Chinchilla has offered to help.

"The help is there if we need it, so I don't feel as stressed as I did a few days ago."

Photos of the scene taken by Jaymi Clarke who was in the passenger seat of the car that struck Steven King on the Warrego Highway on the evening of Friday, April 13, 2018. Picture: Jaymi Clarke

The community support she has received has been a great help to Miss Clarke, who had only moved to Kogan a couple of months ago.

"Being up here with nobody and I'm starting fresh and was feeling a bit stranded when everyone poured in all this support and it's like 'Wow'.

"It's nice to feel supported by everyone and especially being a single mum.

"I'm just grateful that we're all ok and that's the main thing.

"A car's only a material thing, a life is worth more than anything else."

"We're just glad that the guy's alright. He's alive and fighting."

A Queensland Police spokesperson said they were still investigating.

Originally published as 'We hit someone': Moment man hit on Warrego Highway