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Bus company 'highly likely' to be sued for horror crash

Bus company 'highly likely' to be sued for horror crash

The NSW government is likely to join a bus company involved in a crash that killed 10 people to a class action alleging poor road design caused the tragedy.

Man accused of killing local hero before fleeing crash

Man accused of killing local hero before fleeing crash

Man accused of killing local hero before fleeing crash

Man accused of killing local hero before fleeing crash

A father of seven who was killed while driving to work in the early hours of the morning is being remembered as a community leader and local hero.

Cyclist death due to blind spots and traffic light flaw

Cyclist death due to blind spots and traffic light flaw

Cyclist death due to blind spots and traffic light flaw

Cyclist death due to blind spots and traffic light flaw

A coroner has recommended changes to more than a thousand buses and potentially hundreds of "dangerous" intersections following the death of a young cyclist.

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Longer jail sought for driver in fatal school bus crash

Longer jail sought for driver in fatal school bus crash

Prosecutors have appealed a "manifestly inadequate" two-year jail sentence imposed on a bus driver who struck and killed a teenage boy outside a school.

Mehajer jailed for staged car crash, traffic fine plot

Mehajer jailed for staged car crash, traffic fine plot

Disgraced ex-deputy mayor Salim Mehajer has thanked a judge for a "second chance after being jailed for a staged car crash and a scheme to lower traffic fines.

Hit-run sentence 'won't heal pain' for top cop's family

Hit-run sentence 'won't heal pain' for top cop's family

A judge has handed a suspended jail sentence to the teenage driver who caused the death of SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens’ son Charlie in a hit-run crash.

Police action probed as 'tragic' crash leaves man dead

Police action probed as 'tragic' crash leaves man dead

Officers were following a driver but lost sight of them before finding the vehicle had been involved in a fatal crash in Sydney's west, investigators say.

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Boys survive horror crash, driver and girl found dead

Boys survive horror crash, driver and girl found dead

Boys survive horror crash, driver and girl found dead

Boys survive horror crash, driver and girl found dead

Two young boys have been freed from a car after it crashed down an embankment on a rural road, killing a man and a girl.

Questions over Harbour Bridge safety after fatal crash

Questions over Harbour Bridge safety after fatal crash

Questions over Harbour Bridge safety after fatal crash

Questions over Harbour Bridge safety after fatal crash

Sydney Harbour Bridge safety is being questioned after a fatal crash as a man who allegedly rode through the scene remains behind bars.

'Purgatory': mum speaks out after son's hit-run death

'Purgatory': mum speaks out after son's hit-run death

'Purgatory': mum speaks out after son's hit-run death

'Purgatory': mum speaks out after son's hit-run death

A mother who lost her young son in a collision with a truck more than 20 years ago has described hit-run incidents as "particularly cruel" on victims.

Roosters half to enter plea for serious driving charge

Roosters half to enter plea for serious driving charge

Roosters half to enter plea for serious driving charge

Roosters half to enter plea for serious driving charge

Sydney Roosters playmaker Sandon Smith has been charged with a serious driving offence over a crash in March, but questions remain over when the NRL was told.

Two dead after head-on Sydney Harbour Bridge crash

Two dead after head-on Sydney Harbour Bridge crash

Two dead after head-on Sydney Harbour Bridge crash

Two dead after head-on Sydney Harbour Bridge crash

A five-vehicle collision on the Sydney Harbour Bridge claimed two lives, injured a pregnant woman and resulted in one, albeit unrelated, arrest.

Police policy cloaked as officer faces court over crash

Police policy cloaked as officer faces court over crash

Police policy cloaked as officer faces court over crash

Police policy cloaked as officer faces court over crash

Details of the NSW police force's safe-driving policy will be hidden from the public as a sergeant faces court over a fatal crash with an Indigenous teen.

Truck driver not 'at fault' for journalist's death

Truck driver not 'at fault' for journalist's death

Truck driver not 'at fault' for journalist's death

Truck driver not 'at fault' for journalist's death

A truck driver who was involved in the death of a journalist has had his licence reinstated, with a court told he was not at fault for the collision.

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'Freaking out': frantic texts in fatal crash cover-up

Panicked messages were sent by a Sydney woman to try conceal her friends' involvement in a high speed head-on road accident that killed two siblings.

'I'm sorry Charlie': driver apologises over death

A family's anguish over the loss of their son has been heard in an Adelaide court, as the driver responsible again apologises.

Man charged over crash that killed four people

Charges of dangerous driving occasioning death have been laid against a ute driver after a crash that killed four people.

Four dead as several factors probed in highway crash

Police are looking at several factors behind a two-vehicle crash that killed four people in NSW's central west but say it is too early to determine the cause.

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Rideshare driver charged after crash killed girl, dad

A rideshare driver has been charged over a crash in Sydney that left two dead after he allegedly made a dangerous right-hard turn in front of oncoming traffic.

Driver faces court after crash that killed journalist

A truck driver charged following a collision that killed an award-winning journalist has appeared in court.

'Full throttle' double killer jailed for 12 years

A driver who ignored his passenger's pleas to slow will spend at least eight years behind bars for the deaths of a couple driving home from night shifts.

'Weak' case against diabetic driver thrown out by court

A diabetic driver who passed out due to dwindling blood sugar levels and killed five people at a pub has had all charges against him struck out by a magistrate.

No jury will convict diabetic driver, his lawyers say

Lawyers for a diabetic driver rendered unconscious due to low blood sugar levels say no jury will convict him for driving into and killing five people.

'We need justice': families call for pub crash trial

The families of five pub patrons killed by a diabetic driver have called for "justice" outside his committal hearing.

Drug 'influence' in truckie's fatal nine-vehicle crash

The truck driver behind the wheel ahead of a deadly nine-vehicle collision in Sydney's west in 2022 was under the influence of amphetamine, police have said.

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