Payne Haas

2022 - 12 - 31

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Three dead in horror car crash involving NRL star's mum who is ... (Fox Sports)

The mother of Brisbane Broncos star forward Payne Haas was seriously injured and three people are dead after a horror car crash on the Gold Coast.

Before Friday’s crash, 293 people died on Queensland roads, including 135 drivers, 42 passengers, 29 pedestrians and 73 motorbike riders. Police closed the road in the aftermath of the crash. The three occupants of the other car – a man and two women – were trapped in a silver Mercedes-Benz. Late on Friday, police confirmed they were investigating allegations the wagon was spotted being driven dangerously in the lead-up to the crash. Three people in the other vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene while Ms Taufua – the sole occupant of the wagon which burst into flames after the crash – was rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital. The mother of Brisbane Broncos star forward Payne Haas was seriously injured and three people are dead after a horror car crash on the Gold Coast.

Three dead, Payne Haas's mum in hospital after horror two-vehicle ... (PerthNow)

Three people are dead and the mother of Brisbane Broncos star Payne Haas is in hospital after a collision on the Gold Coast.

“Police provided lights and sirens and attempted to intercept this vehicle, however the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle evaded police, and police made the decision because of the conduct of the driver not to engage in a pursuit. Emergency services were called to the collision around 5pm Friday on Bonogin Rd in Bonogin, with the silver Mercedes knocked from the road into a power pole, trapping the driver and two passengers. All three occupants of a silver Mercedes, two women and a man from the same family, died at the scene of the collision, while Uiatu “Joan” Taufua, the mother of Broncos forward Payne Haas and sole occupant of the other vehicle, was taken to hospital with “numerous fractures” but in a stable condition.

Three dead and mum of Payne Haas rushed to hospital after horror ... (Daily Mail)

Uiatu 'Joan' Taufua, 46, mother of Brisbane Broncos player Payne Haas, was pulled from a black Mercedes wagon after it crashed on Bonogin Road in the Gold ...

[Queensland](/news/queensland/index.html) Police said preliminary information suggested the collision forced another car, a silver Mercedes, to come off the road and into a power pole. Ms Taufua was rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition and is understood to have injured her arm in the crash. Three people have been killed and a footy star's mother rushed to hospital after a horror smash saw a car slam into a power pole and the other burst into flames.

Three dead and Brisbane Bronco's mum hospitalised in fiery Gold ... (Brisbane Times)

The trio were killed in a two-car crash after police tried to stop the second vehicle allegedly driven “dangerously” by the mother of Brisbane Broncos ...

“And again, the police made a decision that it was too great a risk to engage the pursuit and did not engage in the pursuit,” he said. Two were freed and given first aid. Hanlon said he was unable to give further detail about the manner in which Taufua had been driving, but it had been “enough for police to think that person needed to be pulled over to have a discussion about their behaviour”.

Mother of Brisbane Broncos player in hospital after three killed in ... (9News)

The incident began when Queensland Police noticed a black 2017 Mercedes GLS 63 wagon allegedly driving dan...

The three deaths just before New Year's Eve take the state's road toll to 296, which is the most lives lost on Queensland roads in a decade.

Brisbane Bronco star Payne Haas' mother allegedly involved in ... (ABC News)

Three members of the same family have died after colliding with a car allegedly driven by Bronco Payne Haas' mother, after police tried to intercept a black ...

And then a couple of minutes later the lines fell on them. "It's a nightmare getting in and out of the drive." "The police got a fire extinguisher and tried to put it out. "But we noticed the power lines were just missing the roof of the car and we didn't know if they were live. "Police made a decision there because of the conduct of the driver, not to engage in a pursuit." Chief Superintendent Hanlon said the woman had a number of fractures and "other injuries" and officers were yet to communicate with her.