Find the grub who killed Kevin the koala: Poor animal is run over TWICE by the same driver before tragically dying hours later

A callous driver has left a koala for dead, hitting the marsupial not once but twice in an attempt to kill it, sparking outrage among shocked locals.

Gold Coast resident Brianna Lee spotted the koala with a broken leg ‘dragging’ itself along Tallebudgera Road in Burleigh Heads as she drove home from work around 4am on Monday.

“The koala managed to reach a nearby tree and slowly climbed up to a branch about six metres high,” Ms Lee wrote on Facebook.

“It was heartbreaking and scary to watch it struggle.”

Sadly, the koala died a few hours later from its serious injuries.

An Uber driver told Ms Lee that a driver “hit the koala first and then went back and hit it a second time”.

Ms Lee said she was “sickened to think that someone could run over an animal twice and just go on their way”.

An off-duty police officer stopped to help while Ms Lee and the Uber driver called Wildcare Gold Coast.

After the Uber driver reported the incident to police, additional officers quickly arrived on the scene and closed off the road.

A few hours later, animal rescuers arrived and managed to coax the koala out of the tree and into a crate.

The koala was taken to Currumbin Wildlife Hospital but died several hours later from his serious injuries.

“Hospital staff suspected the second impact had caused injuries too severe for the koala to survive, despite being otherwise healthy and free of chlamydia,” Ms Lee said. the courier post.

Locals responded to Ms Lee’s post saying they had been seeing the koala in the area for months.

“Oh, so sad, because I saw this koala in July and August last year on the path and I chased it right up this tree. I reported the sighting too,” said Giorgi Smith.

They also expressed outrage at the driver’s cruelty.

“What a fuss,” Suzanne Williams remarked.

Despite the efforts of a local animal hospital, the koala died from its injuries just hours after it was spotted

A spokesperson for Currumbin Wildlife Hospital urged motorists in the area to reduce their speed and be careful of wildlife on the road.

‘In the past 30 days, 38 koalas have been admitted to Currumbin Wildlife Hospital for a variety of reasons including trauma, illness and injury,’ the researchers said.

In response to public concerns about the safety of koalas, the Queensland State Government trialled a 3km ‘Koala Zone’ along the Tallebudgera Connection Road, from Valley Drive to Currumbin Creek Road, from July last year to January this year.

The trial monitored the speeds of vehicles within the zone and assessed the effectiveness of speed-reducing measures.

Currumbin State MP Laura Gerber said she believed the marsupial could have been saved if the koala area had still been in use.

“It is devastating to hear that a koala has been killed near the Tallebudgera Bridge, in the middle of the koala breeding season,” Ms Gerber told the Courier Mail.

“It underlines how important measures to reduce collisions are to protect our precious koala population.”

‘I will continue to work to protect this endangered species.’