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Subscriber only A teenager is due to face a Rockhampton court in June after being charged in relation to the car crash which killed St Brendan s College student Rhys Yore. Rhys, 16, was a passenger in a car that crashed on Appleton Drive at Yeppoon on January 21. Rhys was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced deceased at the scene. The 18-year-old male driver sustained minor injuries. A 16-year-old female passenger had chest and abdominal injuries. A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said an 18-year-old male had been charged with one count of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death, and one count of driving a vehicle between 11pm and 5am without a certificate of exemption.
Teen charged over crash that killed Rhys Yore
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Teen charged over crash that killed Rhys Yore
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It was the vote that reduced the mayor to tears.
Livingstone Shire Council was presented with a notice of motion from mayor Andy Ireland to rename the Fig Tree Creek bridge in Yeppoon after young student Rhys Yore.
But the council had to consider some tough questions about the heartfelt proposal during its ordinary meeting on April 20.
Later that day, the community gathered at the bridge to set up a memorial for the St Brendan’s student, and messages of support have since been written on the guardrail.
“Unless you’ve lost a child, there’s no way of really understanding the grief of an incident of this nature,” Cr Ireland told the meeting.
It meant a lot to the boys and it meant a lot to me
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