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Heartbroken mother remembers young woman killed in crash as 'soul of our family'

Yashee Sharma
Yashee Sharma

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A young woman who died in a crash has been remembered as "the light in every room" and the "soul of our family" by her grieving mother.

Samantha Fielder, 21, was killed in a collision with another car on Emu Park Road in Nankin, in Queensland's Rockhampton area, on Sunday afternoon.

Her mother, Lisa Pobjoy, said the loss was "unimaginable" and there were "no words that will ever be enough to express the heartbreak" she felt.

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Samantha Fielder, 21, was killed in a collision with another car on Emu Park Road in Nankin, in Queensland's Rockhampton area, on Sunday afternoon.

Samantha Fielder, 21, was killed in a crash near Rockhampton. GoFundMe

"Samantha was so much more than a name," she said on a crowdfunding page.

"She was the light in every room, the laughter in our lives, and the soul of our family."

Pobjoy added that her daughter was "my sunshine, my laughter, my strength on the hardest days".

"No one ever expects to say goodbye this soon, especially not to someone so young, vibrant, and full of life," she said.

"Rest in peace, our beautiful angel. You will forever be missed and loved beyond words."

Tributes are growing at the scene of the crash, with community members and loved ones leaving flowers and heartfelt notes for Fielder.

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Samantha Fielder, 21, was killed in a collision with another car on Emu Park Road in Nankin, in Queensland's Rockhampton area, on Sunday afternoon.

Tributes are growing at the scene of the crash, with community members and loved ones leaving flowers and heartfelt notes for Fielder.  GoFundMe

According to police, Fielder was travelling in a Mazda west on Emu Park Road when it crashed with a Nissan Patrol travelling in the opposite direction near Thompson Point Road.

Fielder died at the scene, while her male passenger was taken to Rockhampton Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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The driver of the Nissan, a woman in her 20s, and her male passenger were taken to the same hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police are continuing to investigate the crash.

So far this year, 174 people have died on Queensland roads.

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