A second man has been charged over a two-vehicle crash at West Gosford on Saturday that has left an 85-year-old man and 28-year-old woman in hospital with serious injuries.
Police say that at around 11.10am on Saturday, emergency services were called to the Central Coast Highway, at the Hely Street intersection, after reports of the crash.
“On arrival, officers attached to Brisbane Waters Police District found a black VW station wagon and a gold Nissan X-Trail had collided,” NSW Police said in a statement.
“An 85-year-old man driving the SUV suffered serious injuries after his vehicle rolled following the impact, coming to a rest against a bus shelter.”
He was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being airlifted to John Hunter Hospital in a serious condition.
A 28-year-old woman travelling in the front-passenger seat of the VW station wagon was also airlifted to hospital in a serious condition.
“The driver of the VW station-wagon – a 24-year-old man – was breath tested which allegedly returned a negative result, before being admitted to Gosford Hospital for observation,” Police said.
A short time later, a 19-year-old man – who was allegedly driving a VW Golf GTI on the Central Coast Highway at the time of the crash – was arrested at Gosford Police Station. He remains before the courts.
Following further inquiries, investigators arrested a 24-year-old man at Gosford Police Station yesterday.
He was charged with Dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm – drive speed dangerous, organise, promote race between vehicles, negligent driving (occasions grievous bodily harm) and drive recklessly/furiously or speed/manner dangerous.
He was granted strict conditional bail and is due to appear at Gosford Local Court on Friday 3 February, 2023.
