Man, 25, charged after serious Princes Highway crash on the South Coast
A man has been charged after a serious crash on the state’s south coast last year, which resulted in three people being hospitalised. Here’s what we know.
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A man has been charged after a serious crash on the state’s south coast.
Emergency services were called to the Princes Highway, Yatte Yattah about 2pm on December 8 last year following reports of a crash.
Officers from the South Coast Police District found a Hyundai hatchback and a Toyota sedan had crashed.
A 25-year-old man who was driving the Hyundai was treated at the scene before being taken to a hospital in a serious but stable condition.
The passenger, also a 25-year-old man, was airlifted to St George Hospital in a critical condition.
The 21-year-old sedan driver was taken to Wollongong Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
A crime scene was established and the Crash Investigation Unit made inquiries into the crash.
On Friday they charged the Hyundai driver with negligent driving causing grievous bodily harm and causing bodily harm by misconduct while driving a vehicle.
He will appear before Milton Local Court on July 10.
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