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FLASHBACK: Police inspect a dead wallaby on the road near the crash site in 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 17, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Loganlea man charged after a fatal crash at Durong in August 2019 has been sentenced to 18 months’ jail.<\/p>\n

Aaron John Mannell was charged with drug driving and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death after his partner, Sabrina Monique Strasberger, 26, was killed in a fiery crash on Chinchilla-Wondai Road on August 10, 2019.<\/p>\n

Maroochydore District Court heard Mannell was part of a convoy of four vehicles heading for a camping trip when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n

Family members travelling in other vehicles witnessed the crash.<\/p>\n

The court was told Mannell had been looking at his fiance, who was breastfeeding their 18-month-old son, when he swerved to miss a dead wallaby lying in the middle of the road.<\/p>\n

His vehicle veered off the road, hit a raised property entrance, rolled and burst into flames.<\/p>\n

Mannell, who also suffered severe burns in the crash, was sentenced in Maroochydore District Court on Friday.<\/p>\n

On the drug driving charge, he was convicted and disqualified from driving for three months.<\/p>\n

On the charge of dangerous driving causing death, he was sentenced to 18 months’ jail and disqualified for 12 months.<\/p>\n

Judge Nicole Kefford set an immediate parole eligibility date of May 14.<\/p>\n

Mannell is currently in jail for unrelated offences.<\/p>\n