Driver charged following fatal crash - Point Clare

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A woman will face court today charged after a teenage boy died following a crash on the Central Coast yesterday.
About 2.20am (Monday 14 September 2026), emergency services were called to Alukea Avenue, Point Clare, following reports of a crash.
At the scene, officers attached to Brisbane Water Police District were told the Mazda sedan – allegedly stolen from Narara – had left the road at a bend on the rail overpass before it crashed into the rail corridor at Point Clare and rolled.
One of the passengers – a 15-year-old boy – was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Gosford Hospital; however, he died on arrival.
The second passenger – an 18-year-old woman – was airlifted to a hospital in Westmead in a serious condition.
The driver – an 18-year-old woman – was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Gosford Hospital for mandatory testing under police guard.
A crime scene was established and officers attached to the Crash Investigation Unit commenced an investigation into the crash.
P1 driver under 25 drive at night with more than 1 passenger under 21 yrs.
A court attendance notice was also served on the woman for unrelated knife and drug offences.
She was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Court 6 today (Tuesday 15 September 2026).
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Balranald council area
Balranald is a council area in New South Wales with about 2,244 residents. It has a Crime Score 46 out of 100 (moderate), 205th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (53rd percentile), sexual offences (53rd percentile), robbery (54th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.
- Violent
- 1,337 per 100k
- Property
- 3,119 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 267 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,515 per 100k
See the full Balranald crime profile
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