Police charge sole survivor and driver of car involved in horror Buxton crash

Tyrell Edwards, the sole survivor of a deadly crash at Buxton, has been charged with dangerous driving. Meanwhile, the safety of the country road where the tragedy took place is being interrogated.

The teen allegedly at the wheel of a car that killed five of his friends when it crashed is facing a possible jail sentence after police charged him over their deaths.

Tyrell Edwards, 18, the sole survivor of the incident, was laying beside the mangled wreckage of the Nissan Navara that slammed into a tree on East Parade at Buxton, an hour south of Sydney, on Tuesday night.

Edwards, of Bargo, was taken to Liverpool Hospital for mandatory blood and alcohol testing before being released into the care of his mum just hours later.

But on Wednesday afternoon, detectives from the Crash Investigation Unit (CIU) returned to her home to arrest Edwards.

Tyrell Edwards was hospitalised after the crash at Buxton. Picture: TNV

The P-plater was then taken to Narellan Police Station for questioning and to provide a formal statement.

Police charged Edwards with five counts of dangerous driving occasioning death late on Wednesday night.

He was refused bail and is listed to appear in Picton Local Court on Thursday.

Tyrell Edwards has been charged by police.

Five local teenagers were killed in the crash. Picture: TNV

Debris including two tyres, a car battery and bits of the exhaust were thrown into neighbouring properties due to the impact of the crash.

At Edwards’s family home, neighbours spoke with one another on the street and passed on their support to his relatives.

There were no visitors or mates at the home, instead just Edwards being comforted by his mother after being released from hospital.

Edwards, 18, the driver of the vehicle involved in a fatal car crash in Buxton that killed five friends, arriving at Narellan Police Station.

Part of the car being towed away from the crash scene on Wednesday. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Gaye Gerard

A relative of his told The Daily Telegraph he and his family were ¬“distraught”.

NSW Police Superintendent Paul Fuller said alcohol was not a factor in the accident, which he described as the worst he had seen in decades.

He said the vehicle was a four-seater with green P-plates displayed.

Locals said the sound of the impact when the vehicle hit the tree could be heard “miles away”.

Family and friends visited the crash site on Wednesday to pay tribute to the teenagers. Picture John Grainger

The Buxton crash scene on Tuesday night. Picture: TNV

Wollondilly mayor Matt Gould visited Picton High School on Wednesday and said the entire community had woken that morning in shock.

“The loss of so many young lives is just devastating and you can’t put into words the overwhelming loss many in our community are feeling,” Mr Gould said.