Teen couple, 16 and 19, killed in horror highway crash just weeks after they started dating – as driver of the other car, 17, is airlifted to hospital
- Lauren Quabba, 16, and Evan Fielder, 19, died in the Bruce Highway horror smash
- Their car was hit head-on by another vehicle driver by a 17-year-old boy
- Couple only started dating on October 4 when they declared their love online
A teenage couple had been dating just a few weeks before they were killed in a horror highway smash.
Lauren Quabba, 16, and Evan Fielder, 19, died when their car collided head-on with another vehicle on Queensland’s Bruce Highway about 7.30pm on Sunday.
The 17-year-old boy driving the other car was airlifted to hospital from the scene about 2km north of Babinda, near Cairns, in a serious condition.
Lauren Quabba, 16, died when the car she was travelling in collided head-on with another vehicle on Queensland’s Bruce Highway on Sunday
Mr Fielder and Lauren only started seeing each other a few weeks ago, announcing their relationship on social media on October 4.
Lauren was a Year 12 student at Babinda State School and Mr Fielder a coach at his father Wayne’s business Baseline Tennis Coaching Academy.
Devastated friends comforted Lauren’s parents Rodney and Rhonda Quabba at their home in the tiny town of Bellenden Ker.
They paid tribute to a ‘sweet, bright young lady’ who had her whole life ahead of her until it was tragically cut short in an instant.
Her boyfriend Evan Fielder, 19, (right) died at the scene of the crash alongside her
Lauren’s second cousin Jessica Ridolfi said she knew of many horrific crashed on the far north Queensland highway, but never thought one would involve her family.
‘I’ve pretty much watched her grow up. She was lovely girl,’ she told the Cairns Post.
‘She’d just go up and give everyone hugs and she was always happy and cheerful. I think the school will be very hurt today.’