Five teenagers were killed after a ute crashed south-west of Sydney.
The crash took place when a Nissan Navara left the road and struck a tree in Buxton at about 7:50 pm yesterday.
The passengers included three girls, two of them aged 14 and a 15-year-old, and two boys, aged 15 and 16, all of whom were pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver, an 18-year-old man didn’t have life-threatening injuries.
He was arrested and admitted to Liverpool Hospital for mandatory testing. He is receiving treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.
NSW Police will interview him when it is “practical”.
He had returned a negative alcohol breath-test at the scene, but results for his mandatory tests are still incoming.
Investigations so far suggested speed had been a factor in the crash.
