A man has been charged after a teenage girl died in a crash on the state’s Mid North Coast yesterday, NSW Police say.
It was about 11am today when a Toyota Prado – carrying a family of seven – and a Mitsubishi van collided on the Pacific Highway at Herons Creek, 30km south of Port Macquarie.
A 16-year-old girl, who was a passenger in 4WD, died when the vehicle rolled several times.
The 4WD driver, a 37-year-old woman, and a nine-year-old girl were airlifted to John Hunter Hospital for treatment to severe fractures. It is understood they are in a stable condition.
The remaining family members, a 20-year-old man, a 40-year-old woman and two boys, aged 15 and six, were taken to Port Macquarie Hospital as a precaution.
The driver of the van, a 20-year-old man, was taken to Port Macquarie Hospital as a precaution and mandatory testing, before being taken to Port Macquarie Police Station.
He has now been charged with not give way, and negligent driving causing death.
The man, from the UK, was granted strict conditional bail to appear at Port Macquarie Local Court tomorrow.
A passenger in the van, also aged 20, didn’t require medical treatment.
Officers attached to Mid North Coast Crash Investigation Unit established a crime scene which was forensically examined.
The crash happened on the eve of Operation Slow Down.
Operation Slow Down, the State’s Labour Day weekend road safety campaign, starts after Midnight tonight (12.01am on Friday 29 September 2017), and will continue until 11.59pm on Monday 2 October 2017.
Double demerits will be in place over the entire long-weekend for all speeding, mobile phone, seatbelt and motorcycle-helmet offences.
