Brisbane Broncos player Payne Haas’ mother Uiatu ‘Joan’ Taufua in custody following car crash

NRL star Payne Haas’s mother limped out of the back of a police van in custody after spending four days in hospital following a horrific crash that killed three people.

Uiatu ‘Joan’ Taufua, 46, was hospitalized under watch with extensive external injuries and a bruised lung after an accident in Bonogin, in the Gold Coast hinterland, on Friday.

She was seen wearing her hospital wrist brace, compression socks and a cast Tuesday afternoon as she was escorted to the Southport watch house.

Police allege that Taufua was running from police when her black Mercedes crashed into a silver Mercedes in a collision in which she was the sole survivor.

Susan Zimmer, 70, her partner Chris Fawcett, 79, and Mrs Zimmer’s daughter Steffanie, 35, died inside their silver Mercedes, while Taufua had to be dragged from her vehicle and rushed to to the hospital in critical condition.

Taufua was charged Monday with three counts of manslaughter and one count of dangerous operation of a vehicle, evading police and driving without a license for the accident.

Brisbane Broncos player Payne Haas’s mother, Uiatu ‘Joan’ Taufua, was escorted by police to the Southport guardhouse on Tuesday afternoon (Pictured Taufua outside the guardhouse)

Taufua was involved in a terrifying accident (above) that reportedly saw her black Mercedes crash into another family’s car, killing three

Just hours earlier, she allegedly refused to be interviewed by investigators from her hospital bed.

He is expected to remain in custody at the Southport city center watch house until his hearing, which was originally scheduled for next Wednesday.

However, his release from the hospital means the hearing is likely to move forward and Taufua is expected to file a bail application.

The Brisbane Broncos striker’s mother is represented by prominent lawyer Leigh Johnson, who told reporters she is “devastated” by the accident.

It comes as more details emerged about the moments leading up to the tragedy.

Taufua was rushed to hospital after being pulled out of her burning black Mercedes on Friday (pictured, the wreckage of Taufua’s car)

Susan Zimmer and her daughter Steffanie (above) were murdered inside their silver Mercedes on Friday.

Ms. Zimmer’s partner, Chris Fawcett (above), was killed along with her and her daughter in the tragic accident on Monday.

Detectives said they have been able to “paint a picture” of what allegedly happened through CCTV and eyewitness accounts.

Police will allege that Taufua was driving erratically at high speed in the ’10 minutes before the accident’ before he allegedly swerved onto the wrong side of the road.

Officers had turned on their lights and sirens in the minutes before Taufua crashed, but did not initiate a pursuit due to public safety.

“Police allege that (Taufua’s) vehicle was driven in an extremely dangerous manner on the wrong side of the road at high speed,” Senior Sergeant Mark Procter told reporters on Monday.

Taufua was seen wearing a hospital wrist brace, compression socks and a cast as she was escorted to the guardhouse Tuesday afternoon (above).

Taufua’s lawyer said the mother was “devastated” by the accident that left three dead (in the photo, the tributes left at the scene of the accident)

Police allege that Taufua was evading police when he collided with the family’s car (in the photo, the tributes left at the scene of the accident)

“The police activated the lights and sirens and when she accelerated and the police followed the procedure and stopped.”

Police stopped in a church parking lot to file a report.

Sergeant Det Sen Procter said officers were later informed that Taufua’s car had been involved in an accident 1km further down the road a minute later.

“We have seized a large amount of CCTV and painted a picture of what happened,” he said.

Taufua’s license was allegedly suspended at the time after he recently served a month in prison for assaulting two security guards at the Star Gold Coast casino.

Witnesses and anyone with dashcam or CCTV footage of the accident or moments before are urged to come forward.