<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The mother of premiership-winning NRL star Payne Haas was struggling with the death of her firstborn son before a horror head-on collision that left three people dead, a court has been told.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Uiatu "Joan" Taufua faces three counts of manslaughter stemming from the devastating crash on a narrow rural road in the Gold Coast hinterland on December 30, 2022.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police will allege that she was fleeing police before ploughing into an oncoming vehicle, killing Chris Fawcett, 79, Susan Zimmer, 70, and her 35-year-old daughter Steffanie.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>BREAKING: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/lucinda-miller-missing-woman-victoria-remains-found-in-search/8a27fa93-dfe4-4731-b564-3defed739c9a" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Remains located on anniversary of missing woman's disappearance</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Taufua - the mother of Brisbane Broncos forward Payne and Gold Coast Titans second rower Klese Haas - was the crash's sole survivor.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was charged with a string of offences including three counts of manslaughter. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Almost three years after the crash, Taufua faces further delays and remains in custody. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/nrl-payne-haas-mum-uiatu-joan-taufua-fatal-car-crash/ca609f7c-4fb7-4ce8-9a81-bf369a9d5331" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her lawyers pushed for another adjournment as key questions over her mental state were raised during a brief mention in the Queensland Supreme Court today. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Despite prosecutors pushing for the case to finally move forward, Taufua's defence team has asked for additional time for a psychological report to be completed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In the time leading up to the driving, the defendant had been displaying very aberrant behaviour with respect to a recently deceased disabled child," barrister Martin Longhurst told the court. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-news-screen-time-to-be-limited-in-schools-to-90-minutes-per-day/fcb314dc-0508-4a2f-b1d6-984716dfbb4f"><strong><span>Primary school kids given screen-time limit</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Chace Haas, 21, died in Gold Coast Hospital in August 2020. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He had lived his entire life in a wheelchair after snapping his neck in a car accident at just five months of age.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Taufua had struggled to accept his death, the court was told.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She was going for frequent walks at all hours of the morning, indicating to family members she was taking her son (Chace) for a walk in his wheelchair and that she had been given messages by her son." </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The defence team is attempting to extract GPS data tracing her rambling walks from a fitness app, which will form part of her psychological assessment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The court granted the adjournment, ordering the report to be finalised before the case is mentioned again on November 20.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Taufua was on parole at the time of the crash after being sentenced to nine months in prison for assaulting two security guards at The Star casino.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was subsequently returned to custody after the collision.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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