Tributes flow for victim of accident
TRIBUTES have flowed for popular Casuarina woman Maria Diaz Flores, who tragically died in hospital after she was involved in a horror car accident on the Tweed last weekend.
The 24-year-old was travelling along Cudgen Rd at Cudgen in a Subaru Forrester on March 4 when her car slammed into a tree and she became trapped.
She was airlifted to the Gold Coast University Hospital where she remained in a critical condition until her life support was switched off around 8.30am this morning, eight days after the crash.
Her family had flown in from Mexico to be by her bedside.
Messages of grief and support have flowed on social media, with her employer – popular Salt Village eatery Fins Restaurant – writing on Facebook that she was a “beautiful girl” whose “presence touched absolutely everyone”.
“Maria Maria we miss your smile. So sad to update your extended Australian family and friends of your passing. Beautiful girl your presence touched absolutely everyone. You’ll live on as our angel at Fins. Bless,” the restaurant said.
In the comments, one user said: “This is so sad, she was such a beautiful woman inside and out. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.”
Another said: “It’s just devastating that such a beautiful bubbly girl could be taken so young. She will never be forgotten.”
The Tweed community showed support for Ms Flores while she was in hospital by donating $19,505 over five days to a crowd-funding campaign set up to assist her family as they travelled to Australia.
Tweed Police Superintendent Wayne Starling said the death was “a tragic loss”.
“It’s a tragic loss, our thoughts are with the family of the young girl.”