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19:30 EDT, 29 June 2021
A woman who allegedly mowed down and killed a much loved police officer has handed herself in.
Queensland Senior Constable David Masters, 53, was hit and killed while trying to stop an allegedly stolen Hyundai Kona SUV with tyre-deflating road spikes on the Bruce Highway near Deception Bay, north of Brisbane early Saturday.
The burnt out car was later found 25 kilometres away.
The alleged driver, Skye Anne Wallis, 33, handed herself into Caboolture Police station on the Sunshine Coast late Tuesday night.
The Caboolture woman was later charged with murder, arson and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
Senior Constable David Masters (left), pictured with wife Sharon and son Jack died while on duty early Saturday morning