Teenage boy killed at The Esplanade, Thornleigh
A Westleigh boy travelling as a passenger in a car being driven by his 17-year-old brother was killed when their car collided with another vehicle before hitting a parked car on The Esplanade in Thornleigh as wild weather lashed Sydney Wednesday morning.
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A Westleigh boy was killed in a two-car crash on The Esplanade in Thornleigh on Wednesday morning as wild weather lashed Sydney.
The 14-year-old was a passenger in a Toyota Corolla being driven by his 17-year-old brother when it collided head-on with a Landrover Discovery before striking a parked car.
The boy died at the scene while his brother and 50-year-old driver of the other vehicle were taken to Westmead Hospital in a stable condition.
Both drivers underwent mandatory blood and urine tests after the crash which happened about 9.10am near the intersection of Janet Ave in a 60km/h area.
A section of the road was still blocked at 1pm while police investigated how the accident unfolded.
A resident on The Esplanade, who did not want to be named, said she came outside when she heard emergency services arrive.
“I came out when I heard all the sirens.”
The woman said there was a bend along the road where the crash happened and it was a dangerous spot.
“It is just this horrible spot where it was an accident waiting to happen,” she said.
“It is so narrow … and there are so many entry streets where people take risks to cross both lanes.”
She said it was awful to hear someone had died.
Jo Li, who lives in Janet Ave, said she would not even try to turn right on to The Esplanade and avoided it.
“Normally I don’t drive there, only if I turn left toward Hornsby otherwise I go all the way back around.”
She said people often drove fast along the road because there were two downhill stretches near that spot where the fatality occurred.
Kuring-gai police, the Traffic and Highway Patrol and the Crash Investigation Unit are investigating the incident. A report will be prepared for the coroner.
WET WEATHER
Hornsby SES responded to 27 calls for help before 10am, including a tree that fell and damaged two homes at Thornleigh.
The tree was on the front yard of a Dartford Rd home and fell over about 6am.
The Bureau of Meteorology recorded 166mm of rain in West Pennant Hills, 44mm at Hornsby, 53mm at Wahroonga from 9am on Tuesday to 2.30pm yesterday.
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