A man has been charged with dangerous driving occasioning death after two teenaged boys died in a crash in Sydney’s south-west this morning.
Just after 4.20am (Sunday 1 November 2020), emergency services were called to the intersection of Cowpasture Road and The Horsley Drive, Abbotsbury, after a Holden SS Commodore hit a pole; two boys, aged 15 and 17, died at the scene and a third, aged 17, remains in hospital.
Officers from Fairfield City Police Area Command established a crime scene,
assisted by Liverpool City police, with the Crash Investigation Unit now conducting the inquiry.
A 37-year-old man was arrested at the scene and taken to Fairfield Police Station, where officers from the Crash Investigation Unit charged him with five offences
• Dangerous driving occasioning death – drive manner dangerous (two counts)
• Dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm – drive manner dangerous
• Negligent driving (occasioning death) (two counts)
Police will allege the car was stolen from a home at Edmondson Park prior to the crash.
The man, from Edmondson Park, has been granted bail to appear in Liverpool Local Court on Wednesday 25 November 2020.
