Latrell ‘shattered’ over 14yo cousin’s car crash death

NRL star Latrell Mitchell’s 14-year-old cousin has been identified as one of the teenagers killed in the horrific car crash in NSW.

Latrell Mitchell’s cousin has been identified as one of the two teenagers killed in the horror northern NSW car crash.

Three others are in hospital after the tragic incident in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Emergency services were called to Plains Station Rd in Tabulam, 60km west of Casino, after hearing reports of a single-vehicle crash at 3:20am.

It is understood the Volkswagen Tiguan had lost control and smashed into a tree.

Two teenagers were declared dead at the scene by paramedics. They are yet to be formally identified.

However, News Corp first reported on Sunday one of those killed is Mitchell’s 14-year-old cousin.

The Sunday Telegraph reports Mitchell has been left shattered and woke to the news on Saturday morning.

According to the report, the Volkswagen had been stolen and it was the driver and front passenger killed in the crash.

Latrell Mitchell and the moment Channel 7 cameras filmed family members at the scene of the crash. Photo: Twitter, @7NewsSydney.

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb told the newspaper it was a “a tragic waste of young life”.

NSW Police earlier confirmed details of the crash through a statement.

“Three teenagers were taken to hospital, with one in a serious condition while the two others are being treated for minor injuries,” a NSW Police spokesperson said.

Police have established a crime scene at the crash site as investigations get underway into how it occurred.

Specialist officers from the Crash Investigation Unit are examining the scene.

Plain Station Road remains closed in both directions due to the crash.

Plains Station Road remains closed in both directions with local traffic diversions in place.

Police have urged anyone with information about the incident to contact them or Crime Stoppers.

Mitchell, meanwhile, on Sunday shared several photos and video of his off-season water sport adventures.

The South Sydney fullback loaded photos of him riding a jet ski and taking time out fishing on the water.

It comes after charges against the Rabbitohs star and Jack Wighton were sensationally dropped in an ACT court last week.

Dramatic footage showed Mitchell and Wighton were “targeted” by police and arrested n the early hours of February 5 in Canberra.

Wighton had been charged with contravening an exclusion direction and fighting in a public place.

He had been charged with resisting territory officials, fighting in a public place, and affray.

The prosecution’s argument came undone after CTTV footage from inside Fiction nightclub – where the duo and their friends had been celebrating Mr Wighton’s 30th birthday – failed to show the behaviour police had based their exclusion direction on.

— with NCA NewsWire