- Jade Fox was travelling in a vehicle on Queensland's Fraser Island when the four-wheel drive overturned
- Friends of the 22-year-old have taken to social media to pay tribute to the British backpacker who was travelling on Australia's east coast
- Seven other passengers were also injured in the incident, including two German tourists who were airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital
A
British backpacker was on her dream gap year of a life time in Australia
but has tragically died after the four-wheel drive she was travelling
in flipped over.
Jade
Fox was travelling at Fraser Island in Queensland, when she believed to
have fatally hit her head when the vehicle overturned around 2pm on
Friday.
Pictures
from her social media page reveal that the 22-year-old from Maidstone
in Kent was travelling with a number of friends along Australia's east
coast as part of a holiday.
Jade Fox, 22, died after the four-wheel drive she was a passenger in flipped over on Friday
Hours before the incident, the British backpacker took to Facebook to express her excitement about the trip.
'Up early doors to travel Frazer Island for three days,' she wrote shortly after 9am on Friday.
Her
page paints a picture of a young, fun-loving, outgoing, party girl who
had been travelling around Australia, from a snow trip at Thredbo
Resort in the Snowy Mountains of NSW to visiting popular tourist
destinations including Cabe Byron Lighthouse, Surfers Paradise and Byron
Bay.
She
marked her three months in Australia in July, and believed to have
spent most of her time living in Woolloomooloo, east of Sydney.
The British backpacker died after the vehicle rolled over at Queensland's Fraser Island at about 2pm
The Britsh backpacker was on her dream gap year trip on Queensland's Fraser Island
Friends of Ms Fox took to Twitter and Facebook to share their grief and pay tribute to a happy young woman.
'RIP
Jade Fox. Happiest go lucky smiling girl I knew from my 3 months back
in Brados. Unbelievable still now that your gone!,' Steven Maverick Sims
wrote.
'Hilarious
when drunk trying to eat your subway yet still trying to balance and
stand up. Too young to be taken away from life in which she loved!
Thoughts to Family and Friends.'
Police
are continuing their investigations into the incident and have said
that the vehicle Ms Fox was travelling in 'was in the process of
overtaking another vehicle when it rolled.'
Hours before the incident, the British backpacker took to Facebook to express her excitement about the trip
Friends of Ms Fox took to Twitter and Facebook to share their grief and pay tribute to a happy young woman
Friends of Ms Fox took to Twitter and Facebook to share their grief and pay tribute to a happy young woman
Pictures
from her social media page reveal that the 22-year-old from Maidstone in
Kent was travelling with a number of friends along Australia's east
coast as part of a holiday
Ms
Fox's four-wheel drive was driving alongside another three cars towards
Hook Point on the inland route when the incident occurred.
Seven others passengers were also injured, five of which were taken to Gympie Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Two
German tourists in the group, the driver and another passenger, were
airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital by RACQ CareFlight Rescue
Helicopter.
She marked her three months in Australia back in July
Ms Fox's four-wheel drive was driving
alongside another three cars towards Hook Point on the inland route when
the incident occurred
Seven others passengers were also injured, five of which were taken to Gympie Hospital with non-life threatening injuries
Jade Fox was travelling in a vehicle on Queensland's Fraser Island when the four-wheel drive overturned
Two German tourists in the group, the
driver and another passenger, were airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital by
RACQ CareFlight Rescue Helicopter
Pilot Aaron Regan said that police and paramedics were already at the scene when the helicopter arrived.
'It wasn't a nice incident to go to and obviously one of them has lost their lives,' he told the ABC.
'Hopefully the other seven recover.'
There
have also been reports the accident happened when several
four-wheel-drive vehicles were following each other as part of a
tour.
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