A man has been charged with 11 offences following a crash that killed two elderly people in the state’s Hunter region earlier this year.
Police say that at about 2pm on Wednesday August 26, a Toyota Aurion travelling north along Port Stephens Drive and a Holden Commodore travelling west along Salamander Way collided at a roundabout.
The Toyota driver, a 77-year-old woman, and her passenger, an 80-year old man, were treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics, however they both died at the scene.
The Holden driver, a 44-year-old man, was treated at the scene before being taken to John Hunter Hospital for treatment of a non-life threatening head injury.
Following inquiries, the Holden driver was arrested at Raymond Terrace Police Station yesterday.
He was charged with two counts of manslaughter, two counts of dangerous driving occasioning death – drive manner dangerous, two counts of dangerous driving occasioning death – drive speed dangerous, negligent driving – occasioning death, drive recklessly/furiously or speed/manner dangerous, negligent driving, not keep left of dividing line and class A motor vehicle exceed speed over 30km/h.
The Tanilba Bay man was refused bail and appeared before Raymond Terrace Local Court, where he was formally refused bail to appear before the same court on January 18.
