Merrygoen, Castlereagh Highway crash: Woman pleads guilty

A heartbroken woman has wept as she told a court her dangerous driving caused the death of her young son and another man in country NSW.

A 39-year-old woman fought back tears as she told a court it was her dangerous driving that caused the deaths of two people, including her teenage son, in a horror crash in regional NSW.

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was the driver of a Mitsubishi sedan which crashed on July 11, 2020, on the Castlereagh Highway at Merrygoen, about 70 kilometres east of Gilgandra.

The woman wept in court as she entered pleas to a string of charges. Picture: Facebook

A 14-year-old boy who was in the front passenger seat and a 25-year-old man who was in the back seat died after the car left the road and crashed into a tree.

Three other people, including two youths and the woman driving, were flown to hospitals in Sydney where they were received treatment for serious injuries.

After the crash police charged the grief stricken woman with a string of offences.

Appearing via video link from the Legal Aid offices in Dubbo, the woman was arraigned before the District Court at Dubbo on Friday.

As the details of four charges were read out the woman wept and uttered “guilty” each time she was asked to enter her plea.

She will be sentenced for two charges of dangerous driving causing the deaths of the 14-year-old boy and 25-year-old man, and two charges of dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm to two passengers next year.