{"id":69158,"date":"2025-07-24T08:36:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=69158"},"modified":"2025-07-24T08:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:36:59","slug":"a-final-road-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=69158","title":{"rendered":"A Final Road Home:\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-44.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-44.png 414w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-44-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Queensland Crash Claims Father and Two Children in Devastating Tragedy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was meant to be the joyful end of a family camping trip turned tragic on July 20, 2025, when Shaun Ranger,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a devoted father of three, was killed in a head-on collision along Queensland\u2019s Capricorn Highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His two children, Baylee (7) and Chandler (6), and family friend Corey also perished when their vehicle erupted in flames following the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only Shaun\u2019s fianc\u00e9e, Renee Carla Jenkins, and their 2-year-old daughter Saphora\u2014traveling in a separate car\u2014survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collision involved a Toyota Hilux traveling in the opposite direction. One driver remains in critical condition,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and another is hospitalized. Authorities described the scene as \u201chorrific,\u201d with police urging<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>drivers to recognize how \u201ca split second can have lifelong consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renee, now facing unimaginable grief, said, \u201cMy heart has been ripped to shreds.\u201d Shaun was remembered<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>as a loving, dedicated father; Baylee as a warm, horse-loving child; and Chandler as curious and gentle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tight-knit community of Blackwater held a candlelight vigil and launched a GoFundMe to support Renee and Saphora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the investigation continues, a mother and daughter begin a life marked by deep loss\u2014but also by love and the memories of a cherished family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=69142\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queensland Crash Claims Father and Two Children in Devastating Tragedy What was meant to be the joyful end of a family camping trip turned tragic on July&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69160,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69158\/revisions\/69160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}