{"id":174854,"date":"2017-04-09T14:13:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T04:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=174854"},"modified":"2020-09-19T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T06:29:07","slug":"triple-tragedy-hits-flood-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/04\/09\/triple-tragedy-hits-flood-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple Tragedy Hits Flood Family"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Khloe Heidemann and her mother Jane Towers … Khloe is fighting for her life in Westmead Children’s Hospital (Photo: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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David Heidemann … body located (Photo: QPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 9, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

The triple-tragedy that has rocked the Heidemann family over the past two weeks has left two children orphaned as well as family and friends reeling in two States.<\/p>\n

First one member of the family went missing in floodwaters west of Murgon, and then two others were killed in a horrific head-on smash in southern NSW.<\/p>\n

Jay Jay Heidemann, 12, and his mother Jane Towers, 39, from Gympie, were killed instantly in a collision with a semi-trailer on the Princes Highway north of Berry last Tuesday (April 4).<\/p>\n

Jay Jay was a student at Gympie State High School.<\/p>\n

His sister Khloe, 14, was critically injured in the crash and had to be cut from the wreckage. She was flown by rescue helicopter to Westmead Children’s Hospital where she is now reported to be in an induced coma.<\/p>\n

Ms Towers was believed to be travelling to the South Coast of NSW to visit family when the crash occurred.<\/p>\n

Sadly, while this sorrow was unfolding in NSW, Jay Jay and Khloe’s brother Shanon, 17, was involved in another family tragedy, this time in Queensland.<\/p>\n

Shanon and other family members, as well as a large contingent of police and SES volunteers, were searching near Campbells Road at Silverleaf for David Heidemann, 50 – the father of the three Heidemann children.<\/p>\n

David went missing while attempting to walk across a flooded causeway on March 30 to reach a friend further down the road.<\/p>\n

His body was located on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n