Young woman charged with murder after allegedly
driving SUV into pedestrian she knew
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A young woman has been charged with the murder
of another young woman, who had just dropped her
daughter off at daycare and was allegedly run
down and killed while walking along a Brisbane
footpath.

Police will allege a 24-year-old woman was
behind the wheel of an SUV that mounted the
footpath and deliberately struck the 23-year-old
mother in Daisy Hill in Brisbane's south-eastern
outskirts shortly before 9am on Friday.

The victim was taken from the scene on Allamanda
Drive to the Princess Alexandra hospital where
she later died from her injuries.

Detective Inspector Chris Knight said Queensland
police would be alleging that this "event was
not, in fact, an accident, and the young lady
who tragically lost her life was in fact
targeted by an individual".

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Speaking in Logan on Sunday, he said it was a
"tragic incident" and that investigations were
far from over.

"The young lady who lost her life was a mother,"
Knight said.

"She had dropped her daughter off at daycare
immediately prior to the event that ultimately
took her life and of course, it is a gross
understatement for me to say anything other than
that family is deeply traumatised."

Knight would not speculate on motive other than
to say it would be "pivotal to our
investigation" and that the driver and
pedestrian knew each other.

After initial investigations on Friday and
Saturday, a silver Toyota Prado was found at the
24-year-old woman's home in Goodna, and she was
later charged with one count of murder after
being located in Yamanto.

Police were looking to speak with anyone who may
have been around Allamanda Drive at about 8.50am
Friday, especially passengers and the driver of
a bus that drove along the road at approximately
8.50am on Friday 19 July to come forward.

Knight - a detective for more than 30 years -
said the case was "unusual".

He said police would allege the Toyota had been
in that area for an "extended period of time
leading up to the collision", before fleeing the
scene.

"For that reason, we don't believe that it was
an unfortunate random traffic accident," he
said.

"[The victim'] was walking on the footpath and
that's where we will allege the vehicle collided
with her."

The woman was due to appear before the Ipswich
magistrates court on Monday.

* This article was amended on 22 July 2024 to
correct the spellings of Goodna and Ipswich.



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