A woman has been charged following a fatal single-vehicle crash in the state's north earlier this year.
About 10pm on Wednesday 26 March 2025, emergency services were called to Droneys Bridge Road, Fairy Hill, following reports of a single vehicle crash.
Officers attached to Richmond Police District attended and found a vehicle submerged in the Richmond River.
Police inquiries led them to believe the vehicle was travelling along Droneys Bridge Road, before it left the roadway.
A 23-year-old female occupant of the vehicle was able to self-extricate. She was uninjured.
With assistance from Police Rescue and NSW SES crews, the vehicle was retrieved from the water.
The bodies of two men - aged 26 and 27 - were located inside the vehicle.
Police established a crime scene and commenced inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
Following extensive inquiries, about 3pm yesterday (Thursday 18 September 2025), police arrested a 23-year-old woman at a unit on Short Street, Glen Innes.
She was taken to Glen Innes Police Station, where she was charged with two counts of dangerous driving occ death-drive manner dangerous, negligent driving (occasioning death) and drive motor vehicle during disqualification period.
She was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Court 5 today (Friday 19 September 2025).
Police will allege in court the 23-year-old woman was the driver of the vehicle when it crashed.
