4WD rollover survivor near Yeppoon released from Rockhampton hospital Two girls were killed and one injured when this vehicle rolled over near Yeppoon in central Queensland. THE 13-year-old girl who remarkably survived the 4WD rollover that claimed the lives of two sisters near Yeppoon in central Queensland last week has been released from hospital. Jason Mclean said his daughter Mercedes was discharged from Rockhampton Base Hospital yesterday afternoon after undergoing treatment for a broken ankle, cuts and bruises, a slight crack to the pelvis, and a punctured lung, from the crash which killed Jessica Schobbe, 15, and sister Rheanna, 12, last Thursday. " (Mercedes) has to use a shower chair and is on crutches, of course," Mr Mclean said. She is still very sore and uncomfortable as it's a lot of resting up at the moment. He believed his daughter had little memory of the crash, which happened while Jessica was driving the younger pair home from the bus-stop - only metres from the Schobbe's gate. "She was knocked out for a few seconds and then tried to crawl to the other two," he said. I had no idea about the extent of it. It was only when I got there that one of the counsellors said Jess died on impact and I didn't know about Rheanna until a little bit later, and that's when it really hit me - just how bad this was. It came as a really big shock ... how did our girl survive that? Even the police and ambulance were saying it is just amazing that she did survive that. Mr Mclean said his daughter, who "seemed to be handling it OK," was preparing to farewell the sisters at a funeral this Saturday. He said the surface of the road where the crash happened was "very slippery." Queensland's road toll stands at its highest since 2009 as the tragic figure continues to grow. While the state is six ahead of the same point last year, the southeast region has recorded a staggering 19 more deaths on our roads than this time in 2012. Mercedes McLean, 13, was seriously injured in a car accident, near Yeppoon which killed Jessica Schobbe, 15, and her younger sister Rheanna, 12. Driver fatalities are also of concern to police as a five-year high of 99 deaths is reached. At midnight on September 1, the road toll for Queensland was 190, a record Road Policing Command Inspector Peter Flanders said was staggering. "It is concerning every year that we are up in comparison to other years," he said. It is an unpredictable beast. Up from 184 in 2012, 176 in 2011 and 157 in 2010, an increase is evident as the total nears 200. The updated figure comes as police search for the driver of a semi-trailer spotted at the scene of a fatal crash at Goondiwindi in the early hours of Sunday morning. A 42-year-old Tennyson man was found several hours after the crash by a passer-by. Inspector Flanders said circumstances surrounding the crash were unclear but police were continuing to look for the driver of a heavy vehicle who left the scene. He said charges were not out of the question for the driver of the truck. A witness who saw the truck on the intersection of the Cunningham Highway and Wyaga Rd came forward yesterday. Adding to the road toll, a double fatality near Toowoomba claimed the lives of two elderly Pittsworth residents on Monday morning. An 80-year-old man and his 72-year-old female passenger died at Aubigny when their Toyota 4WD collided with a semi-trailer around 7am. Both were pronounced dead at the scene and a report is being compiled for the coroner. Inspector Flanders said police were reinforcing their presence on the roads throughout the state to minimise tragedy. He said drivers ignoring the road rules were to blame for 2013's terrible record. "Cause wise - it is the usual, speed, alcohol, fatigue, all of the fatal five," he said. In some cases more than one, and then it is a matter of when, not if.