A 22-YEAR-OLD man is facing serious driving charges over a crash at Sancrox that killed a 31-year-old man and injured a 30-year-old passenger.
About 9.15pm on Saturday 6 September, emergency services responded to calls that a Toyota utility and a Holden Barina had crashed head-on on the Oxley Highway west of Port Macquarie.
The hatchback driver 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 for non-life-threatening injuries and taken to hospital for mandatory testing.
Officers from the Mid North Coast Police District established a crime scene ahead of the Crash Investigation Unit commencing its investigation.
On Tuesday, the utility driver was released from hospital and arrested.
He was taken to Port Macquarie Police Station and charged with “dangerous driving occasioning death-drive manner dangerous”, “negligent driving (occasioning death)” and “not keep left of centre two-way road-not class B/C vehicle”.
He was granted conditional bail and will appear in Port Macquarie Local Court on Wednesday 24 September.
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