Tweet Facebook Mail It was "virtually impossible" to prevent a mother's actions behind the wheel before she died in a crash with her four children, a coroner has found. However, the findings into the deaths of Charmaine McLeod and her two daughters and sons have been dismissed as a "waste of time" by a family member. Coroner Kerrie O'Callaghan today said Ms McLeod, 35, was at the wheel when her car collided with a truck on the Bunya Highway at Kingaroy, northwest of Brisbane , in May 2019.
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"It was a devastating tragedy that caused unimaginable grief for the father (James McLeod)," O'Callaghan said, handing down her inquest findings. The 2023 inquest had been told Ms McLeod had a complex mental health history, suffering from untreated borderline personality disorder along with suicide attempts. She and Mr McLeod had four children before separating in 2017, sparking a custody battle.
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