Overview
- A 24-year-old visitor from New South Wales died Monday night after being airlifted from the Sunshine Coast to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
- The incident occurred just before midnight Saturday at Aerodrome Road and Fourth Avenue in Maroochydore, where a white Toyota Yaris allegedly mounted the kerb and struck eight pedestrians.
- Police arrested 38-year-old Guilherme Dal Bo a short time later after he allegedly fled and abandoned the car, and he was initially charged with eight counts of attempted murder.
- Dal Bo remains in custody and is due to reappear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Friday, December 19, as detectives review potential charge upgrades following the fatality.
- Investigators say the driver had a brief verbal exchange with a group of male pedestrians before circling back, and they report the victims were strangers to one another, with several others treated in hospital including a teen assessed with potentially life-threatening head injuries.