INVESTIGATORS have added drink driving to the charges against a 22-year-old man involved in a fatal crash on the Oxley Highway.
About 9.15pm on Saturday 6 September, emergency services were called to the highway near Port Macquarie following reports a Toyota utility and a Holden hatchback had crashed head-on.
The driver of the hatchback, a 31-year-old man, was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics but died at the scene.
His front passenger, a 30-year-old man, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The driver of the utility was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics for non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to hospital for mandatory testing.
Officers attached to Mid North Coast Police District established a crime scene as the Crash Investigation Unit examined the scene.
Upon his release from hospital, the 22-year-old man was arrested and taken to Port Macquarie Police Station where he was charged with driving-related offences and granted conditional bail to appear before Port Macquarie Local Court.
On Monday, 17 November, officers received test results showing an alleged positive alcohol reading of 0.141.
Additional charges of “dangerous driving occasioning death – drive under the influence” and “drive with mid-range PCA” were laid.
The man was due to reappear before Port Macquarie Local Court on Thursday 20 November.
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