‘Reprehensible': Man jailed, grandmother killed in crash
Instead, the 73-year-old was undergoing an autopsy after Andrew Julian Stewart-Smith crashed into her car at high speed with a stolen vehicle before fleeing.
The devastating aftermath was laid bare before Stewart-Smith, 29, was sentenced in Brisbane Supreme Court on Monday for his 'reprehensible' behaviour.
Heartbreaking victim impact statements in a court packed with family members detailed the fallout after Stewart-Smith ploughed into the grandmother's car in September 2023.
Yrsa Christoffersen was driving her daughter Maria to work when a Holden Commodore collided with her Suzuki Swift about 6.40am.
She died in the crash and her daughter suffered serious injuries.
'I woke up in a hospital bed, feeling pain like I had never known,' Maria Christoffersen said in her victim impact statement.
'I remember asking where my mum was and they wouldn't tell me.
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