Man charged after Tammara Macrokanis’s body found near M1 on Gold Coast

A man has been charged over the death of a mother-of-five whose body was found on the side of the Pacific Motorway on the Gold Coast on the weekend.

Police were called to an exit of the motorway about 9:30pm Saturday over reports a car was dangerously parked on the shoulder of the road.

The driver of the damaged car, a 31-year-old male, was taken to hospital.

Tammara Macrokanis’s body was found a few kilometres away between the Pimpama and Coomera exits.

The 32-year-old, from Casino in northern NSW, was visiting family on the Gold Coast.

Queensland police charged 31-year-old Upper Coomera man Kaine Andrew Carter with a string of offences, including dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death whilst adversely affected, driving…