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Subscriber only A semi-trailer driver who inexplicably drove into the back of a utility, pushing it into the path of an oncoming vehicle resulting in the deaths of a mother and daughter has been jailed. Anthony Spatolisano had started his shift just 15 minutes earlier and was driving east on the Warrego Highway east of Oakey about 9am, October 2, 2018. Dashcam footage from his semi-trailer, which was played to the Toowoomba District Court, showed it was a clear, sunny day and the road ahead clear as he approached the Brimblecombe Road intersection. For reasons the 37-year-old driver can t explain, he did not see a utility stopped on the Warrego Highway, indicating turning right into Brimblecombe Road.