A woman has been charged following a single vehicle crash in the state's west yesterday.
About 8.30am on Sunday 13 October 2024, emergency services were called to the Barrier Highway, Cubba, about 25km west of Cobar, following reports of a crash.
Officers attached to Central North Police District attended and found a car had left the roadway and rolled.
A passenger – a 14-year-old boy – was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics; however, he died at the scene.
The driver, a 23-year-old woman was uninjured and was taken to Cobar District Hospital for mandatory testing.
She was later taken to Cobar Police Station and charged with dangerous driving occasioning death – drive manner dangerous and negligent driving (occasion death).
She was given conditional bail to appear before Cobar Local Court on Wednesday 27 November 2024.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
