Brisbane family torn apart as crash kills mum and grandfather and leaves three other family members fighting for life
A Brisbane family is mourning an ‘unimaginable loss’ after two were killed and three injured in a tragic weekend crash.
A head-on crash at Yarrabilba on Saturday claimed the lives of Jessica Ortiz, 33, and her father-in-law Jorge Ortiz, 65.
Her husband Damian, mother-in-law Patricia and two-year-old daughter Sylvie were seriously injured and are still in hospital.
The family was travelling in a white Volkswagen station wagon when it collided with a white Toyota HiLux on Waterford-Tamborine Road at Yarrabilba, south of Brisbane, just after 4.30pm on Saturday.
The 18-year-old HiLux driver, Izayiah Aitken, also died at the scene.
It’s understood the family were travelling home from a day out when they were hit by the HiLux at high speed.
Horrific CCTV footage, seen by Daily Mail, showed the HiLux speeding southbound before veering into the path of the family’s wagon, with the head-on collision sparking an inferno.
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The Brisbane family were returning from a day out with Damian’s parents when they were hit
Jessica and Damian Ortiz welcomed their first child Sylvie in 2023
Jessica Ortiz and her father-in-law Jorge Ortiz died in the horror crash
