Tarago car crash: Heartbreak as Brooke Sorlie and Charlie Quinn are pictured as victims of horror triple-death road accident
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Two young women killed in a horrific car crash have been identified as their friends pay tribute to the ‘beautiful’ ‘angels’.
Brooke Sorlie, 21, and Charlie Quinn, 18, were travelling in a car with two men aged 21 and 20 through Tarago, about 40km south of Goulburn in the NSW Southern Highlands, when the vehicle left the road and overturned at about 1.10pm on Sunday.
Ms Sorlie, Ms Quinn and the 20-year-old man died at the scene, while the 21-year-old driver escaped with minor injuries.
He was able to climb out of the vehicle unaided and was taken to hospital in Canberra for treatment and mandatory blood tests.
Tributes are pouring in for the three victims of the crash, all from the Shoalhaven region on the New South Wales south coast.
A friend described Ms Quinn as a “wonderful friend”.
“She always had time for everyone, was always kind and positive, was loved by everyone and had an infectious smile,” they told Daily Mail Australia.
Another friend said she would be “gone, but never forgotten.”
Charlie Quinn, 18, is remembered as a ‘beautiful girl’
Brooke Sorlie, 21, is remembered by friends as a ‘beautiful angel’
“You’ll be with a lot of Char,” they said.
‘Rest in peace girl. The love I have for you will never end.’
One of Mrs Sorlie’s friends said she ‘always had a smile that brightened everyone’s day’.
“I will always cherish the memories of you, beautiful girl,” she said.
“I love you, Brookie Chookie.”
Another friend of Mrs. Sorlie wrote online: ‘Fly high, beautiful angel.’
‘I’m looking at the sky for you.’
According to social media posts, Ms Quinn left Bomaderry High School in June last year and went on to study through TAFE.
Mrs Sorlie, a keen horse rider, graduated from St John the Evangelist Catholic High School in Nowra several years ago.
Photos posted online show the girls enjoying the best time of their lives: on holiday with their boyfriends, going to music festivals and hanging out with friends.
In a photo posted in December 2021, Ms. Quinn stands next to her father and beams as she holds up a newly earned student sign.
“Congratulations, young lady,” said a family friend.
‘The world is yours now, but be careful.’
Daily Mail Australia reports that the group was travelling home to the Shoalhaven region at the time of the crash.
A woman who was among the first on the scene said she and other bystanders desperately tried to save the lives of the other man and woman as they waited for emergency services to arrive.
“They were unconscious. We were giving them CPR but it just wasn’t working. It was horrible,” she told Daily Mail Australia.
The girls were killed along with a male passenger when the vehicle left the road and overturned near Tarago
‘One girl was still stuck in the car – the driver’s girlfriend. I can still hear his screams.
“He was screaming as he tried to get into the car and get his girlfriend out.”
Special accident investigators are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident, including whether speed played a role.
The tragedy has sparked outrage online, with local residents expressing their displeasure at the condition of the road, which is often used by trucks.
“One of the worst roads I’ve ever driven on. Potholes everywhere. It’s been shocking for years,” said one.
Another added: ‘The roads are a disgrace. I drive on them a lot and it’s not fair that the roads are in this state.’
A woman claimed that there was a piece of concrete on the road near the scene of the accident, which could have created a potential obstacle for drivers.
“My family members were the first on the scene and saw a huge chunk of concrete on the road that may have caused the crash,” she wrote online.
However, another emergency worker told Daily Mail Australia he could not remember seeing the object in the road.
A report is being prepared for the coroner.