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When Patricia Dowd passed away last February, no one knew it was from COVID-19.

She was 57 and very active, her brother said. Dowd had come down with flu-like symptoms but didn't qualify for a COVID-19 test because they were scarce and restricted at the time.

On February 6, Dowd died suddenly after her heart ruptured.

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Months later, a tissue sample and testing helped confirm her death was caused by COVID-19 — marking the first known COVID-19 death in the US.

In the one year since, more than 450,000 other families have suffered the shock and devastation of losing a loved one to coronavirus.

Here are some of their stories:

An ER doctor saved lives and the mental health of colleagues

As two-time cancer survivor, Dr. Frank Gabrin devoted his career to saving others — even if it meant risking his life.

In March, as coronavirus spread rapidly in the Northeast, many doctors and nurses said they were terrified of working with insufficient personal protective equipment.

Gabrin, who worked in New Jersey and New York, told friends he was worried, too. But he kept working, fuelled by a lifelong passion for helping others.

"I believe caring for others should be the most emotionally rewarding job on the planet," Gabrin wrote on his website, which he created years ago to help emergency physicians and nurses cope with burnout.

He described his own battles with emotional exhaustion in the high-stress field.

"I fell victim to compassion fatigue, which went untreated and blossomed into full-blown professional burnout," Gabrin wrote.

"I now believe that compassion fatigue is a misnomer and that the real name for this condition should be empathetic overload," Gabrin said.

"I also believe that compassion fatigue and burnout need never occur, and if they do, there is a clear path back to solid emotional health. I believe that I have found the path that will quickly bring us all back from burnout and I am extremely passionate about sharing what I have learned with all of you."

Over the years, Gabrin wrote several books, including "Back from Burnout: Seven Steps to Healing from Compassion Fatigue and Rediscovering (Y)our Heart of Care" and "Booster Shots: Antidotes for Healing Burnout and Compassion Fatigue."

His relentless care for patients continued until late March, when Gabrin came down with Covid-19 symptoms.

"It went from manageable to unmanageable overnight," his friend Debra Vaselech Lyons said.

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On March 31, Gabrin's husband Arnold Vargas called for help, she said. The doctor died in his husband's arms before help could arrive.

Gabrin became the first known emergency physician to die of COVID-19 in the US.

His death marked a profound loss for both patients and colleagues in the medical field, wrote Dr. Robert Suter, president of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians.

"He was a shining example of selfless professionalism, an advocate for physician wellness, and a champion of treating patients with compassion and empathy," Suter said.

A couple married for 71 years died 2 days apart

Daniel Zane was a World War II veteran who ran across an open field under enemy fire to give first aid to a fellow soldier.

That's who he was, his family said: a man of steadfast bravery in the face of terrifying danger.

More than seven decades later, he faced another immense battle. This one took his life, two days after his wife passed.

On April 17, Daniel Zane died from COVID-19 complications, his family said. He was 94.

Two days earlier, his wife Valerie passed away at age 91. She suffered from Parkinson's disease and dementia but had not been tested for COVID-19.

Their love story started almost 75 years ago, when they met on a blind date.

"This was love at first sight for him," daughter Nancie Zane said. Her dad used to say his eyes popped out of his head when met his future wife.

But Valerie played it cool and made Daniel wait — saying she was busy for the next six weeks. Three years later, they got married.

In their final days, Daniel Zane lived in the same Pennsylvania senior living facility as his wife in Pennsylvania. He was in the independent living unit, while she was in the skilled nursing unit because she needed more care.

As the pandemic intensified, he decided to move into his wife's nursing unit to help take care of her, his daughters said.

"It seemed like another reflection of his commitment and bravery," Nancie Zane said. "He did go without hesitation just so that he could be with her."

The child of first responders 'lived a great life in those 5 years'

Skylar Herbert's parents devoted their careers to serving the people of Detroit.

Her mother has been a Detroit Police officer for 25 years, and her father has been a firefighter for the Detroit Fire Department for 18 years, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said.

"They've been on the front line, and they've served with honour and integrity," Whitmer said. "And they did not deserve to lose their child to this virus. Nobody does."

Skylar died April 19 after being on a ventilator for two weeks, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. The hospital released a statement saying, "We are heartbroken that COVID-19 has taken the life of a child."

Skylar's mother LaVondria Herbert said her daughter was full of life before she fell ill.

"She was friendly, she was loving, she was caring, she was funny. Just a happy 5-year-old," Herbert said. "You knew she lived a great life in those five years."

Skylar's father said his grief "is a hurtful feeling that I don't want any other family to have to experience."

"This virus doesn't care what age you are what nationality you are, what political preference you have," Ebbie Herbert told WXYZ. "Skylar is shining her light to tell the world this can happen to any family."

The day after Skylar's death, another young child of public service employees died from Covid-19 complications.

Jay-Natalie La Santa was the infant daughter of a New York City firefighter and a Board of Education employee.

She suffered from a heart condition before spending a month in the hospital with Covid-19.

Jay-Natalie, whose dad called her a "warrior princess" for her fighting spirit, died on April 20. She was 5 months old.

A refugee and meat packing employee never met her new grandson

For decades, Tin Aye worked tirelessly to make sure her children had a better life.

She and her husband fled their native Myanmar, also known as Burma, for a refugee camp in Thailand. Their son and daughter were born in the refugee camp.

In 2007, the family made the bold move to America. Aye could not speak English but found work at the JBS meat packing plant in Greeley, Colorado, her daughter San Twin said.

"It was very hard work, but she didn't want to change jobs," Twin said. "She relied on her co-workers that spoke the same language, and they would give her rides to work because she couldn't drive."

In March, Aye fell sick. She was hospitalised and put on a ventilator on March 29, one day after her first grandson was born.

Aye stayed on the ventilator until May 17, when she succumbed to coronavirus. She was 60 years old. The new grandmother never got to meet her grandson.

Aye was the eighth JBS Greeley employee to die from COVID-19, and the seventh worker from the plant.

Despite the hard work and challenges through her life, Aye was a woman who relentlessly helped others.

"I want people to know she was a very humble, sweet, and giving person," Twin said.

"If she saw a homeless person on the street and hungry, she would give them her food and she wouldn't eat. She loved taking care of people, but especially her family."

A young boy loses both parents to Covid-19

Raiden Gonzalez had to celebrate his fifth birthday in November without his parents. It would be the first of many birthdays without his father and mother.

Adan Gonzalez Jr. died of Covid-19 on June 26. He was 33 years old.

Four months later, his widow Mariah Gonzalez started having shortness of breath and chest pains.

"They came, did an EKG, did some other stuff, and they took her away," Mariah's aunt Margie Bryant said. "And we never saw her again."

Mariah Gonzalez died the next morning, on October 6. She was 29 years old.

The young boy's maternal grandmother, Rozie Salinas, has taken him in, Bryant said.

Bryant organised a drive-by, dinosaur-themed party for Raiden's fifth birthday. She had two wishes on the boy's special day: for Raiden's happiness and for others to take the coronavirus seriously, she said.

"I can't say it enough … I know what it (coronavirus) has done to us, and I know the hurt that we feel, the void that it has left in our hearts, this little boy who doesn't have his mom and dad now," she said.

"You hear about the deaths, but you don't ever really hear about the people left behind. And in this instance, it's a 4-year-old."

2 married teachers died while holding hands

She was a second-grade bilingual teacher and team leader who taught at the same Texas school for 20 years.

He was a physical education teacher, mentor and coach who previously taught at a Young Men's Leadership Academy at a nearby middle school.

Rose Mary Blackwell, 65, and Paul Blackwell, 62, shared a love for teaching, their four children and their 20 grandchildren.

After 30 years of marriage, they died together on December 13 from Covid-19.

When they passed, they held each other's hands, as well as the hands of their children.

"Doctors said they hadn't seen any progression at all, and they were slowly declining in their overall vital functions," their son Shawn Blackwell said.

The two teachers from Grand Prairie Independent School District had spent weeks in intensive care and several days on ventilators.

"It got to the point where it was very far gone and that there was nothing else they could do," Shawn Blackwell said.

"Me and my brother came to the conclusion to let them go at peace together. They were together and holding hands. My brother and I were both holding my parents' hands as well. So all four of us were holding each other's hands as they were both removed from the ventilator."

Shawn Blackwell said his parents worked up until they got sick in December.

"I just want people to know I am proud of the people my mum and dad were and proud of the things they accomplished," he said.

"They were the definition of the greatest parents and grandparents ever."

9 nuns died within 3 weeks of each other

The Sisters' Motherhouse campus in Adrian, Michigan, managed to go nine months without a single Covid-19 case among residents.

That ended on December 20, with the first positive test. Since then, at least 48 of the campus' 217 residents have tested positive, Adrian Dominican Sisters said.

The outbreak claimed the lives of nine nuns, who died between January 11 and 26. They ranged in age from 79 to 97.

They had served communities as teachers or nurses during their lifetime of religious service.

"We spent nine months keeping the coronavirus at bay. Right before Christmas, it slipped in," Sister Patricia Siemen told CNN affiliate WDIV.

"It's numbing," she said. "I have a much deeper appreciation for all of the other families who have gone through this. The hundreds of thousands of families. And until it personally touches you, I don't care how much we can have a sympathetic heart. It's different when you've been there and you've lost someone."

A major rescue operation has unfolded in WA's north, with 34 people flown to safety after becoming trapped by rising floodwaters.

As the intense weather system bears down on Perth this evening, a 1000 kilometre stretch of coastline is on high alert.

As floodwaters engulfed the North West Coastal highway on Thursday, rescue was called in from the sky to help dozens of stranded drivers.

Carnarvon chopper pilot Justin Borg flew in to rescue two women stranded near Minilya, just north of Carnarvon.

"There was water, fast flowing water lapping at the bottom of their car and I don't think they realised just how much potential danger there was," Mr Borg told 9News.

"It was raining so heavily we just couldn't get off the ground."

He wanted to return to rescue another 32 people also stranded in the same area, but his chopper was ordered to remain on the ground as conditions worsened.

"It's frustrating when you've got members of your community stranded and you can't do a thing."

Yesterday morning, the others were finally airlifted out, with the RAC rescue Chopper flying up from Perth for the major operation. Amongst those rescued were Perth truckie, Rob Minson.

"All the roads and stuff were moving away from us and floating with the current but moving our trucks back and forth it was all good, we felt safe," Mr Minson said.

"We're lucky we didn't stop in the truck bays because they're all dirt and we would have just sunk."

The group is now staying in flooded Carnarvon, given food and shelter by the local community. But their trucks and cars remain trapped on the highway as waters continue to rise.

Some parts of WA's north have had more than 200mm of rain this system, with the weather event described as a one-in-10 year flood.

WA Premier Mark McGowan urged people to avoid driving anywhere near floodwaters, saying this could risk their lives and those tasked with rescuing them.

"The advice is that this is a one in 10 year flood. DFES is monitoring the situation and emergency surfaces are responding to calls for help," Mr McGowan said.

"There has been widespread flooding in the Gascoyne region due to heavy rain associated with a tropical low, now located 180km off Carnarvon.

"Authorities are concerned with people who try to drive through floodwaters, so please take the advice seriously. Do not try to walk or drive through floodwaters, this is extremely dangerous. Do not risk your life and the lives of emergency surfaces personnel by entering floodwaters." The rain has now eased, but the floodwaters continue to rise, cutting off a 330km stretch of the highway between Shark Bay and Exmouth.

The Gascoyne River rose above seven metres this afternoon, making Carnarvon an island. It left residents like Rina Lenstra, with no access to town and no power to their home.

"That's where the water is now, we can't go anywhere," Ms Lenstra said.

The same Low Pressure System is now bearing down on the south of the State. Prompting a Severe Weather Warning stretching from Kalbarri in the North to Walpole in the south. The rain won't be quite as heavy but locals are being warned isolated falls could total 100mm with winds also a danger.

"We're expecting damaging gusts up to 100km an hour as it moves along the coast," Premier Mark McGowan said.

Australian academic Sean Turnell has been detained in Myanmar.

The economic adviser to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is the first known foreign arrest since the military coup on Monday, February 1.

Mr Turnell, a Professor of Economics/Economic Adviser at Macquarie University, told BBC Radio how the events unfolded.

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"I'm just being detained at the moment, and perhaps charged with something," Mr Turnell said. "I don't know what that would be — could be anything at all, of course.

"Everyone is being very polite, but obviously I'm not free to move or anything like that."

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Mr Turnell revealed that he was trying to leave his hotel when he was stopped.

"Just told that I wouldn't be allowed to leave, and to have a seat, and so on. Everyone was being, as I say, very polite, but it was clear that I couldn't go anywhere."

The Australian academic then hangs up on the radio interview abruptly as others enter the room.

In a statement tonight The Department of Foreign Affairs said: "The Australian Government is deeply concerned about reports of Australian and other foreign nationals being detained arbitrarily in Myanmar.

"We are providing consular assistance to a number of Australians in Myanmar. In particular, we have serious concerns about an Australian who has been detained at a police station."

The statement also says they've called the Myanmar Ambassador and "registered the Australian Government's deep concern about these events".

The Australian Embassy in Yangon is contacting Australians in Myanmar to ascertain their safety as communications allow.

In a post on Twitter the day of the coup, Mr Turnell wrote: "Internet comes and goes, but not the grief on the faces of my Myanmar friends. Gut wrenching and heartbreaking. Utter catastrophe for the economy of course, but that for later."

And a day later, he thanked people for their messages of concern.

"Safe for now but heartbroken for what all this means for the people of Myanmar. The bravest, kindest people I know. They deserve so much better."

Ms Suu Kyi, 75, has not been seen publicly since her arrest and now faces charges including breaching import and export laws, as well as possession of unlawful communication devices.

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According to police documents, the overthrown leader has been remanded in custody until February 15.

It's understood Ms Suu Kyi and Mr Turnell first met in 2010 following her release from house arrest.

Mr Turnell is believed to have been living in Myanmar's capital Nay Pyi Taw since December 2017 while serving as a special adviser to leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD).

The army general seized power earlier this week, alleging fraud in the country's November 8 elections.

The coup has led to thousands taking to the streets in protest, holding up a three finger salute from movie The Hunger Games as a sign of resistance.

In an attempt to silence dissent, Myanmar's junta have temporarily blocked Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

South Australian Angus stud cattle breeders, Ben and Samantha Glatz, were left devastated when the recent Lucindale grassfire claimed almost 250 of their cows.

The herd, which was bred over 25 years, could take up to a decade to replace.

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The Avenue Range couple were on a holiday in Victoria with their sons Dylan and Jack on January 11 when they were notified there was a fire in their hometown.

After investigating predicted weather conditions the family realised there was a strong chance their property would be under threat.

Unfortunately it was. The family lost all of its pasture, about 90 per cent of its fencing, two hay sheds, a shearing shed and all of its hay and fodder.

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"From that point on our lives changed remarkably," Mr Glatz said.

"It wasn't a very good feeling being helpless and knowing what the weather conditions were like."

Water bombers protected the house from initial threat and friends with private firefighting units mopped up and prevented the house further potential damage. 

A "courageous" neighbour saved the dog and shifted some cattle to a safer place.

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The farmer drove up the family's driveway, realised they weren't home and "did what he could" ahead of the fire front.

"He was in a really bad position when trying to escape the fire in his vehicle. He had a water bomber drop on him, with the dog on the back in his vehicle in the paddock. He was in the line of fire, literally," Mr Glatz said.

"We have tremendous respect for him. We can't thank him enough for what he did on the day and the days following.

"He was a guy we knew on a casual basis. Now I feel like we as a family have a strong bond and I'm sure we'll keep in regular contact going forward."

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The family is left with minimal numbers of breeding females, ahead of their 14th annual bull sale on February 17.

However Mr Glatz has a wide network in the Angus community and the wider stud cattle industry.

He has expanded his circles through his work as an accredited ultrasound technician in several states as well as his involvement with Angus Youth and the South Australian Junior Heifer Expo.

This wider community has rallied behind them.

Their neighbours Tom and Lizzy Baker offered their venue, the Woonallee Sale Complex, as an alternative location.

The SA Angus committee has started an online fundraiser for the family, while others have donated fodder and labour.

Mr Glatz said it could take five to 10 years to rebuild the numbers of stock, that have previously been exhibited at the Sydney Royal Easter Show as well as the Adelaide and Melbourne shows.

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"We may need to implement a more rapid approach to do so, utilising technology such as embryo transfer," he said. 

Despite the adversity, the Glatz family remains optimistic in the recovery phase.

"To be a breeder of whether it be stud cattle or stud sheep, you really have to be invested into it," he said.

"It's a seven-day-a-week business but if you're passionate and you enjoy it, it doesn't necessarily feel like work.

"This has been our business for 25 years and we are looking positively towards the rebuild."

Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has died. He was 91.

Plummer died on Friday morning (local time) at his home in Connecticut with his wife, Elaine Taylor, by his side, said Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager.

Over more than 50 years in the industry, Plummer enjoyed varied roles ranging from the film “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” to the voice of the villain in 2009′s “Up” and as a canny lawyer in Broadway’s “Inherit the Wind.” In 2019 he starred as murdered mystery novelist in Rian Johnson’s whodunnit “Knives Out.”

But it was opposite Julie Andrews as von Trapp that made him a star. He played an Austrian captain who must flee the country with his folk-singing family to escape service in the Nazi navy, a role he lamented was “humourless and one-dimensional.” Plummer spent the rest of his life referring to the film as “The Sound of Mucus” or “S&M.”

“We tried so hard to put humour into it,” he told The Associated Press in 2007. “It was almost impossible. It was just agony to try to make that guy not a cardboard figure.”

The role catapulted Plummer to stardom, but he never took to leading men parts, despite his silver hair, good looks and ever-so-slight English accent. He preferred character parts, considering them more meaty.

Tributes quickly came from Hollywood and Broadway. Joseph Gordon-Levitt called him “one of the greats” and George Takei posted “Rest in eternal music, Captain von Trapp.”

Dave Foley, a fellow Canadian, wrote: “If I live to be 91 maybe I’ll have time to fully appreciate all the great work of Christopher Plummer.”

Plummer had a remarkable film renaissance late in life, which began with his acclaimed performance as Mike Wallace in Michael Mann’s 1999 film “The Insider,” continued in films such as 2001’s “A Beautiful Mind” and 2009′s “The Last Station,” in which he played a deteriorating Tolstoy and was nominated for an Oscar.

In 2012, Plummer won a supporting actor Oscar for his role in “Beginners” as Hal Fields, a museum director who becomes openly gay after his wife of 44 years dies. His loving, final relationship becomes an inspiration for his son, who struggles with his father’s death and how to find intimacy in a new relationship.

“Too many people in the world are unhappy with their lot. And then they retire and they become vegetables. I think retirement in any profession is death, so I’m determined to keep crackin’,” he told AP in 2011.

Plummer in 2017 replaced Kevin Spacey as J. Paul Getty in “All the Money in the World” just six weeks before the film was set to hit theatres. That choice that was officially validated in the best possible way for the film — a supporting Oscar nomination for Plummer, his third. In 2019, he starred in the TV suspense drama series “Departure.”

There were fallow periods in his career — a “Pink Panther” movie here, a “Dracula 2000″ there and even a “Star Trek” — as a Klingon, no less. But Plummer had other reasons than the scripts in mind.

“For a long time, I accepted parts that took me to attractive places in the world. Rather than shooting in the Bronx, I would rather go to the south of France, crazed creature than I am,” he told AP in 2007. “And so I sacrificed a lot of my career for nicer hotels and more attractive beaches.”

The Canadian-born actor performed most of the major Shakespeare roles, including Hamlet, Cyrano, Iago, Othello, Prospero, Henry V and a staggering “King Lear” at Lincoln Centre in 2004. He was frequent star at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada.

“I’ve become simpler and simpler with playing Shakespeare,” he said in 2007. “I’m not as extravagant as I used to be. I don’t listen to my voice so much anymore. All the pitfalls of playing the classics — you can fall in love with yourself.”

He won two Tony Awards. The first was in 1974 for best actor in a musical for playing the title role in “Cyrano” and his second in 1997 for his portrayal of John Barrymore in “Barrymore.” He also won two Emmys.

Plummer was born Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer in Toronto. His maternal great-grandfather was former Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Abbott. His parents divorced shortly after his birth and he was raised by his mother and aunts.

Plummer began his career on stage and in radio in Canada in the 1940s and made his Broadway debut in 1954 in “The Starcross Story.” While still a relative unknown, he was cast as Hamlet in a 1963 performance co-starring Robert Shaw and Michael Caine. It was taped by the BBC at Elsinore Castle in Denmark, where the play is set, and released in 1964. It won an Emmy.

Plummer married Tony-winning actress Tammy Grimes in 1956, and fathered his only child, actress Amanda Plummer, in 1957. Like both her parents, she also won a Tony, in 1982 for “Agnes of God.” (Grimes won two Tonys, for “Private Lives” and “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.”)

Plummer and Grimes divorced in 1960. A five-year marriage to Patricia Lewis ended in 1967. Plummer married his third wife, dancer Taylor, in 1970, and credited her with helping him overcome a drinking problem.

He was given Canada’s highest civilian honour when he was invested as Companion of the Order of Canada by Queen Elizabeth II in 1968, and was inducted into the American Theatre’s Hall of Fame in 1986.

Two police officers have been hailed heroes after saving a young man's life during a brawl outside an Adelaide hotel.

Officers were called to the Beach Hotel in Seaford just after midnight after reports of a fight between patrons.

During the ruckus, a 19-year-old man had allegedly punched the windscreen of a car outside the hotel, severing an artery in his arm.

"Saw a bloke pretty much running around with his arm pretty much cut to pieces," witness David told 9News.

"I'm just glad there was a police car right on the scene and able to get him down and treat him immediately."

Witnesses say the young man's shirt was drenched in blood when he was lifted onto an ambulance stretcher.

Fighting for life, he was rushed to Flinders Medical Centre where he underwent emergency surgery and is now in a stable condition.

Police are now calling for any witnesses to the brawl to come forward.

Police are searching for the driver of an allegedly stolen car that led to a horror crash in Queensland's north, claiming the life of a young motorcyclist.

Investigators say two cars, an allegedly stolen Hyundai sedan and a Holden Statesmen were travelling dangerously along Ross River Road, Thuringowa Central at around 10pm when the tragedy occurred.

It is alleged vigilantes in the Holden were chasing the Hyundai when the cars collided, forcing the Holden onto the wrong side of the road near the intersection of Ross River Road and Ridley Road and into the path of a woman riding a motorcycle.

The driver of the Holden, a 25-year-old Bushland Beach man and his two passengers, a 41-year-old Kirwan man and a 22-year-old Aitkenvale woman were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The motorcyclist, 22-year-old Jennifer Board, was pronounced dead at the scene and manslaughter charges are being considered for the driver of the Holden.

Police also allege the juvenile driver of the Hyundai failed to remain at the crash site and the car was later found abandoned in Garbutt around 11pm.

Detectives believe other youths may have also been in the car at the time.

This afternoon, friends of Ms Board, paid tribute to the young woman they called beautiful and kind.

Friends, colleagues and complete strangers brought flowers and balloons, even tying ribbon to the fence she hit, with a convoy of bikes honouring her memory.

The senseless death has sparked outrage in Townsville where locals are fed up with youth related crime.

"I've heard a lot of speeding up and down this highway for six years, I say to myself it's bound to happen, an accident was bound to happen," witness Erika Crosbie told 9News.

With community concern about growing youth crime, Queensland Police are also urging vigilantes not to take matters into their own hands.

"We give the same advice all the time, police work has to be done by the police," Queensland Police Superintendent Glen Pointing told 9News.

"We're trained to do it."

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