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A set of twins who witnessed a terrifying crime have raised eyebrows over the best way they behaved on camera.
Bridgette and Paula Powers saw their mother being threatened by an alleged gunman after a crash on the Bruce Highway in Queensland, Australia.
One woman died within the crash, and an excellent Samaritan was shot within the arm because the carjacker ran away from the scene.
The Powers twins saw the complete incident unfold first-hand – but somewhat than the substance of their eyewitness testimony, people have been wondering how on earth they were capable of answer questions in sync.
Now the footage of their interview with 7 News has gone viral, as viewers query how they managed to present such a superbly synchronised interview.
They said their mother, who had rushed to assist a crash victim, suddenly found herself confronting the alleged gunman.
‘And one guy, he was up there with our mum… she goes, “run, he’s got a gun”,’ the sisters said together.
‘And our heart began to pound. And I said, “Oh, mum, where’s mum?” – and poor mum was stuck up there.
‘Our brave mum, she goes, “Are you alright?” because he had all blood throughout his face and he goes, “I’ll shoot you”.
‘She goes “hey I’m here to assist” and he or she tried to distract him to make him look the opposite way.
‘All I used to be fascinated with once we were running was “I hope he doesn’t fire”, we were so blessed.’
Their mum distracted the alleged gunman and bolted into the encircling bushland. He followed her and said he would ‘find you and I’ll shoot you’, but thankfully the twins and their mother were capable of escape safely.
Bridgette and Paula have previously been featured within the news after they revealed they wear matching clothes each day, and even have their very own made up language.
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They run a seabird rescue sanctuary together, having been mentored by the late Steve Irwin after they were teenagers.
Talking to the 7 News interviewer, they explained: ‘We were cleansing out birds and we heard an enormous bang.
‘We said “oh no, one other automobile accident”, so we drop all the pieces and we went running out the front.
‘We see mum running out from the home, after which other cars began pulling up and checking to see if the person was OK.’
The 22-year-old woman who died was a passenger in one in all the cars involved.
Police arrested a 41-year-old man at about 12.48pm on Monday at a Landsborough intersection on the Sunshine Coast, about half-hour after the fatal crash.
A firearm was found contained in the vehicle, police said.
The person sustained head and body injuries within the traffic incidents and was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital where he stays under police guard.
The Tewantin man has been charged with 15 offences and the case was set to seem in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
‘Investigations are continuing with further charges likely,’ a police statement said.
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