Gary Adshead has summed up Australia’s grief about the the senseless deaths of three children and their mother in a family violence tragedy in Brisbane.

Teddy bears, bunches of flowers, and messages have been left at the scene of a car fire in Brisbane’s east… in which a woman and her three young children were killed.

31-year-old Hannah Baxter was rushed to hospital in a critical condition yesterday morning but has died overnight.

Her estranged husband set the car alight with her and her three children inside before fatally stabbing himself.

Nine News Brisbane reporter Jordan Fabrice joined Gary Adshead to describe the scene on the street in Brisbane.

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