Woman jailed after horrific crash

A VICTORIAN woman who killed a Tenterfield mother-of-two near Stanthorpe in a horrific crash last year has been sentenced.
Bronya Schoner, 38, changed her plea to guilty on Thursday after five witnesses gave damning evidence against her.
Schoner had been allegedly driving up to 18 hours straight when her green Toyota ploughed into a car carrying Dianne Holley and her two daughters on the New England Highway on 1 February 2014.
The mother-of-two died at the scene while one of her daughters, Samantha, 20, sustained horrific injuries and spent 10 months in a coma and is now wheelchair-bound.
Five witnesses testified in Warwick Magistrates’ Court that Schoner was driving entirely on the wrong side of the road before colliding with the vehicle carrying the Holleys, who were returning to Tenterfield from the Stanthorpe Show.
One of those included the deceased woman’s daughter, Katie Holley, 26, who was driving the vehicle at the time of the crash.
It is believed Schoner was driving from Melbourne enroute to the Gold Coast when tragedy struck.
Three days into the trial, Schoner pleaded guilty to driving causing death and grievous bodily harm.
She also pleaded guilty to disqualified driving, driving with drugs in her system and possessing drug utensils.
She was sentenced to five year’s jail, but could be free in February next year.