Police charge two more men with manslaughter, unsafe loaded vehicle offences after man dies in Big River Way crash
Police have charged two more men with manslaughter and unsafe vehicle loading offences over a 2021 fatal Big River Way crash. Here is the latest.
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Police have charged two additional men in relation to a fatal car crash on the states North in 2021.
Emergency services were called to Swan Creek, near Grafton, about 6pm on Friday August 6, 2021, following reports a Mazda Bravo had been damaged while travelling on Big River Way.
Coffs/Clarence Police said a large roll of chicken wire came loose from a vehicle travelling north on Big River Way and smashed through the windscreen of a Mazda Bravo following behind.
Police attended and found a 50m roll of fencing had landed on the bonnet, impacting heavily with the windscreen.
The 35-year-old driver of the Mazda was treated at the scene by paramedics before being flown to the Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition.
He later died in hospital on Sunday August 8, 2021.
The two passengers of the vehicle, an eight-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy, were uninjured.
Specialist police from the Crash Investigation Unit examined the scene and leads were followed resulting in two men, aged 45 and 67, being charged with matters dealt with by the courts.
After further inquiries police issued two men, aged 31 and 62, court attendance notices.
The men have been charged with four counts of fail to ensure safety of transport activities, manslaughter, and director unsafely loaded vehicle death/injury/damage occurs.
Police will allege in court that the men loaded the trailer with steel products including three pallets of coil fencing wire prior to the crash.
They will appear before Grafton Local Court on Monday October 9.
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