Police have revealed that speed was a role in the horrible disaster that claimed the lives of five teens, and residents of the town where the accident occurred requested for speed bumps to be erected and voiced their worries about the safety of the road before the tragedy ever happened.
Around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, a Nissan Navara carrying the teenagers crashed into a tree on East Parade in Buxton, close to Picton, southwest of Sydney, killing all of them instantly.
Only the 18-year-old driver was alive when firefighters, paramedics, and police arrived on the site and were met with “total mayhem.”
The passengers, two boys and three girls between the ages of 15 and 14, couldn’t be spared.
It was just a matter of time until disaster struck this stretch of road, according to a resident of Buxton.
“I attempted to have speed bumps installed down here.” Just a matter of time, really.
They collided on the south side of Orange Road, according to another resident. When travelling north along East Parade, locals are aware to slow down for Orange.
The “extremely tiny” roadway where the collision happened was bordered with gum trees.
Another person said, “Such a gloomy stretch of Buxton roads.”
Louis G. Ranga stated, “Honestly, people utilise this like a racing track.”
It is known that the 60 km/h restriction applies to this stretch of road.
Speed was a “factor” in the first inquiry into the incident, according to NSW Police Detective Acting Inspector Jason Hogan.
Tyrell Edwards, the driver, was taken to Liverpool Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries so that he could do the required tests. When he was breathalysed on the spot, the results were negative.
He was still in the hospital on Wednesday morning, according to the police, and had not yet been interrogated. No accusations have been made.
Six people in a four-seater vehicle, Inspector Hogan said, was “inherently unsafe.”
Inspector Hogan said that the location of the group’s travels will be part of their inquiry and that the Nissan ute was not stolen.
Our vehicle examiners will look into the circumstances surrounding the damage since the situation was so upsetting, he said.
The horrific incident has shocked the close-knit community of Buxton as the grieving inhabitants try to comprehend the catastrophe.
At the foot of the tree that the ute struck shortly after 8 o’clock yesterday night, pupils from Picton High School have put floral arrangements and handwritten tributes.
On Wednesday morning, grieving family members and neighbours flocked to the collision site. Photos from the event show many of them crying and hugging one another as they bid the five teenagers goodbye.
Names and pictures of the five teens who died in a ute crash into a tree in south-west Sydney have been released, along with sincere condolences from grieving family members.
All of the victims, aged between 14 and 16, were Antonio Desisto, Tyrese Bechard, Summer Williams, Lily Van De Putte, and Gabby McLennan.
They perished soon after 8 p.m. on Tuesday near Buxton, 100 km southwest of the city, when a Nissan Navara pickup swerved off the road.
Tyrell Edwards, the driver, was injured but not seriously, and was transferred to Liverpool Hospital.
Names and pictures of the five teens who died in a ute crash into a tree in south-west Sydney have been released, along with sincere condolences from grieving family members.
All of the victims, aged between 14 and 16, were Antonio Desisto, Tyrese Bechard, Summer Williams, Lily Van De Putte, and Gabby McLennan.
They perished soon after 8 p.m. on Tuesday near Buxton, 100 km southwest of the city, when a Nissan Navara pickup swerved off the road.
Tyrell Edwards, the driver, was injured but not seriously, and was transferred to Liverpool Hospital.
Although he was detained for the required blood and urine tests, the police do not have control of him.
In light of the fact that the driver is “going through hell,” Miss Van de Putte’s father, John, told the ABC that he “doesn’t hold any grudges” against him.