{"id":847076,"date":"2026-08-07T18:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/847076\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:34:17","slug":"savannah-spences-family-open-up-about-horrific-loss-after-cairns-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/847076\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Spence\u2019s family open up about \u2018horrific loss\u2019 after Cairns car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

The family of a newlywed killed in a Cairns car crash, allegedly caused by a man under the influence and in a stolen car, has spoken of the \u201chorrific loss\u201d.<\/p>\n

Savannah Spence, 25, was killed on Wednesday in a head-on collision. <\/p>\n

\"Savannah<\/p>\n

Savannah Spence\u2019s family open up about \u2018horrific loss\u2019 after newlywed dies in Cairns car crash\u00a09News<\/p>\n

Spence had recently moved to Cairns from the Gold Coast with new husband Lachie and her family said the couple were only just beginning the next chapter of their lives together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are beyond devastated by her passing. Savannah was beautiful inside and out, with a smile that lit up every room,\u201d the family said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe had an incredible sense of humour, a kind and caring heart, and was loved by everyone who had the privilege of knowing her. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe has left a hole in our hearts that can never be filled.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Cairns<\/p>\n

The carnage allegedly caused by a 36-year-old man under the influence, in a stolen car who left the scene.\u00a09News<\/p>\n

They also thanked the Cairns community, saying they were deeply touched by a vigil that had been organised for Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo just banding together as a community grieving together as a community keeping her family in mind as well,\u201d vigil organiser Shinae West told 9News.<\/p>\n

The accused, Jake Edward Warn, 36, allegedly tried to steal two police officers\u2019 guns while he was under guard in hospital following the crash.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been charged with manslaughter but police in court said they would be asking for the charge to be upgraded to murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of a newlywed killed in a Cairns car crash, allegedly caused by a man under the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":847077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-847076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}