Two men are due in court next month charged over a fatal crash near Grafton last year.
Emergency services were called to Swan Creek, near Grafton, about 6pm on Friday 6 August 2021, following reports a Mazda Bravo had been damaged while travelling on Big River Way.
Officers from Coffs/Clarence Police District attended and found a 50m roll of fencing had landed on the bonnet, impacting heavily with the windscreen.
The Mazda driver, a 35-year-old man, was treated at the scene by paramedics and airlifted to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition.
The man died in hospital on Sunday 8 August 2021.
The two passengers of the vehicle, an eight-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy, were not injured.
A crime scene which was later examined by specialist police from the Far North Coast Crash Investigation Unit (CIU).
Following inquiries, officers attached to the Far North Coast CIU issued a 45-year-old man with a court attendance notice on Tuesday 25 October 2022, for dangerous driving occasioning death – accessory before the fact and drive unsafely loaded vehicle death/injury occur.
Additionally, investigators issued a 67-year-old man with a court attendance notice yesterday (Thursday 3 November 2022), for dangerous driving occasioning death and drive unsafely loaded vehicle death/injury occur.
Both men are due to appear at Grafton Local Court on Monday 5 December 2022.
Investigations are continuing and anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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