LOST: A photo of Natasha Maggs with her baby Annabelle Jay Maggs. Natasha was killed along with four other people in a car crash at Coomera on Saturday morning. PIC: Darren England Source: The Courier-Mail
CLUTCHING a black-and-white photograph of her then-pregnant mother, little Annabelle Maggs yesterday sat on her grandparents' table, pointing at the photograph as she called out to her mum.
At only 15 months old, the alert toddler with the wide, gorgeous blue eyes is oblivious to the two-car crash on the M1 on Saturday morning which claimed the lives of her mother Natasha Maggs, 23, and father Allan Sullivan, 20.
The crash also claimed the lives of Kody Williams, 18, and his girlfriend, Tiarna Williams, 17, and the driver of the other vehicle, Jordan Hayes-McGuinness, 18.
The accident's sole survivor, Thomas Bayer, 16, remains in hospital.
Family and friends of Ms Maggs and Mr Sullivan were yesterday in shock as they processed the news that Annabelle had lost both parents in one day.
ORPHAN: Baby Annabelle Jay Maggs, 15 months, points to a photo of her mother Natasha Maggs who was killed along with four other people in a car crash at Coomera on Saturday morning. PIC: Darren England
"Natasha was a bit like a light switch," he said. "When she walked into a room, it was like it turned on.
"You could interview 10, 200 or 1000 people and they would all say the same thing: she was a beautiful girl who loved the Lord."
Mr Maggs said Natasha met her partner, Allan Sullivan, at a Logan Village church almost six years ago.
COUPLE: Allan Sullivan and Natasha Maggs were killed along with three other people in a car crash at Coomera on Friday night. PIC: Darren England
"There was a bit of controversy about their relationship from the beginning (as she was the older one) but he persisted in pursuing her and obviously won," he said.
"They loved each other from the day they met, they really did. We thought they were too young to know what love was but they stayed together and had a child."
Mr Maggs said Natasha and Allan were devoted to each other and doted on their baby daughter.
He believed the couple hoped to eventually marry.
"A person who was never going to have children turned out to be the greatest mum you could ever wish for," Mr Maggs said.
"The greatest commandment of all is to love and that's what AJ and my daughter had. When you see their child, you see that love."
He said his daughter had only recently finished her university degree in public health, with the long-term plan to teach.
Now her family admit they cannot bring themselves to open the university letter that arrived three days ago.
"She had her goal and was working towards it honestly and earnestly, and that's what counts," Mr Maggs said.
He said the night of the accident the couple had decided to head down to the Gold Coast with their friends for a "free night out" without Annabelle after weathering some recent financial difficulties.
"Allan - or AJ - had recently lost his job, had no registration on his car, lost his licence for some months (after one of his friends borrowed his car and was caught speeding) and had a flat tyre, and they were going to repossess the car and the TV," Mr Maggs said.
"So we gave them a free night out and then this happened."
Mr Maggs said rather than laying blame, he and his wife Violet were instead focused on their granddaughter's welfare and ensuring the toddler remembered her parents.
"We will talk about her mother every day and how much her mother and father loved her," he said.
"I will not allow her to be brought up without knowing her mum and dad."
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