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Daisy Hill crash: Young mother Kiesha Thompson is identified after she was allegedly hit and killed with an SUV in 'targeted' attack moments after daycare drop-off

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  • Woman allegedly hit a mum with an SUV
  • She was identified following incident 

By Aisling Brennan For Nca Newswire

Published: 03:28 BST, 22 July 2024 | Updated: 03:53 BST, 22 July 2024

A woman charged with murder after she allegedly 'deliberately' ran down and killed a woman she knew will remain behind bars as her case proceeds through the courts.

Queensland Police charged Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant, 24, with murder after she allegedly struck 23-year-old Kiesha Thompson while driving a silver Toyota Prado about 9am on Friday.

Police will allege Ms Thompson was struck while she was walking on a footpath on Allamanda Drive in the Logan suburb of Daisy Hill, 24km south of Brisbane.

Ms Thompson was rushed to Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical condition but died in hospital hours later.

Police will allege the two women knew each other.

Ms Thompson had just dropped her daughter off at daycare moments before the incident when Ms Sant allegedly drove at and struck the young mother.

Ms Sant then allegedly fled the scene.

The Goodna woman had her matter briefly mentioned for the first time in Ipswich Magistrates Court on Monday.

Police at the scene of a fatal hit and run in Daisy Hill

Her solicitor, Thomas Allen, told the court the matter needed to be adjourned to Beenleigh Magistrates Court.

The police prosecutor consented to the matter being adjourned to another jurisdiction.

Ms Sant was remanded into custody and will appear via video link on July 31.

She made no application for bail.

In Queensland, a person charged with murder can only make a bail application in the Supreme Court.

Outside court, Mr Allen told media he had 'no comment'.

'We will allege that event was not in fact an accident and that lady who lost her life was in fact targeted by another individual,' Detective Inspector Chris Knight told media on Sunday.

Police are calling for the driver and passengers to come forward following an unrelated fatal crash

'The young lady who lost her life was a mother, she had dropped her daughter off at daycare.

'It is a gross understatement to say anything other than that family is deeply traumatised.'

Ms Sant was arrested in Ipswich after officers seized a silver Prado on Saturday.

Police are also continuing their appeal for witnesses to come forward, in particular the driver of a bus and its passengers on Allamanda Drive on Friday.

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