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Fresh revelations have come to light about the ex-cop believed to have caused the deadly 200km/h tunnel crash that claimed the life of a young nurse and his own.

The daughter of driver Bruce Daley's girlfriend, who did not want to be identified, said her mother was on the phone with him right before the crash.

Daley was killed when his Audi - reported by witnesses to be travelling at up to 200km/h - smashed into a silver sedan, which then crashed into a truck in the Legacy Way tunnel at Mt Coot-Tha on Wednesday.

Young nurse Lily Galbraith, 24, who was a passenger in the silver sedan, was killed while the driver, her friend Emma McLean, 23, was left in critical condition.

The young woman also revealed to 7News that she was meant to be in the car with Daley at the time of the fatal crash.  

She said her mother, who is in Thailand, is 'heartbroken' over Daley’s death.

Daley was supposed to travel to Thailand today to be with her.

The young woman said Daley treated her mother very well. 

'He treated my mum like, I wouldn’t say a princess, but he gave her whatever she wanted,' she said. 

Witnesses said the retired policeman had stopped his black Audi at the entrance of the busy tunnel, revved his engine and accelerated to speeds of 200km/hour just seconds before he ploughed into the back of a car and killed a young woman.

They recalled how the Audi stopped at the entrance of the tunnel at about 3.10pm, forcing other motorists to drive around it.

'The driver didn't indicate or put hazards on. I indicated around him and kept going. A few people beeped at him,' one witness told The Courier-Mail.

'I went past slowly. He was just sitting there in the car.'