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Five chilling words a young woman with a ‘wild side’ said to her mother just before she crashed a ‘stolen car’ that burst into flames
The heartbroken mother of a young woman who died in a horrific accident involving an allegedly stolen vehicle recalled their haunting conversation days earlier about the thrill of fast cars.
Jemmah Lorraine Cole-Crighton, 24, was behind the wheel of a 2009 Toyota Camry when it lost control and crashed into a tree on Warrego Highway near Toowoomba in south Queensland on Friday.
Despite 95 percent burns to her body, she managed to drag herself from the burning wreckage and up a nearby hill before she was airlifted away. to real brisbane and the Women’s Hospital where she later died surrounded by her parents and siblings.
Heartbroken mom Kelly Cole has broken her silence to pay tribute to her bright, boisterous, bubbly daughter who lived life to the fullest and was trying to turn her life around before it ended tragically.
She recognized that Jemmah loved to live on the wild side as she recalled one of their last conversations.
Jemmah Lorraine Cole-Crighton was living life to the fullest before it ended tragically last Friday morning.
“She got into stolen cars, but she never stole one,” Ms Cole told the Gatton, Lockyer and Brisbane Valley Star.
“He even told me last week, ‘I love the thrill of being in cars because people go fast in them… but I would never steal anything from anyone.’
She admitted that her daughter had problems and demons, but insists that she had a heart of gold and would never hurt anyone.
“Not a day went by that she didn’t think of other people…even if you stabbed her in the back and did something bad to her…she would still go and help you,” Mrs. Cole said.
More details also emerged on Monday about Ms Cole-Crighton’s desperate fight for her life in her last moments.
Jemmah was rushed to Brisbane hospital in critical condition, they worked hard on Jemmah and did everything they could to keep her with us but unfortunately nothing they did could keep Jemmah with us. online fundraising established by family states.
Kelly Cole admitted that her daughter Jemma had problems in the past but had been trying to turn her life around.
“She was surrounded by her sister, brother, mother, father and all her family, she loved her very much and prayed for her.
“It has affected and always will affect our family and close friends of Jemmah and anyone who has had the pleasure of meeting her and seeing her beautiful smile every day and we will always see her for the rest of our lives.”
Jemmah Lorraine Cole-Crighton was driving the 2009 Toyota Camry before it crashed on the Warrego Highway in south Queensland at 2am on Friday.
Devastated friends have also paid ‘wild side’.
“Beautiful to look at but girl… You always had a wild side,” one person wrote on Facebook.
Kindness, passion, confidence, fidelity, loyalty, intelligence, independence and love are the qualities that we all admire in you!
‘My sincerest condolences to his family and I am so sorry to hear of this tragic loss!’
A second added: “Rest in peace Jemmah, sending love to the Cole and Crighton family, love you.”
‘Rip #Jemmahcrighton so young for soon. I’ll have a drink for you tonight, sister! another wrote.
A male passenger in the car in his 20s was also rushed to hospital with severe head injuries and extensive burns.
Queensland Police claimed the car had been stolen earlier in the week from the Hooper Center car park, in Toowoomba, three days earlier, on January 10.
Officers allege the car had been stolen when the driver of the Camry briefly left his vehicle with the keys and purse still inside.
The Accident Forensic Unit has urged drivers to come forward if they have footage of the car before the accident.