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Investigation underway following fatal crash - Point Clare

Investigation underway following fatal crash - Point Clare
Clare, New South Wales · NSW Police

The release

A teenage boy has died after a car rolled on the state’s Central Coast this morning.

About 2.20am today (Monday 14 September 2026), emergency services were called to Alukea Avenue, near Kurrawa Avenue, Point Clare, after reports of a Mazda sedan had rolled between the rail corridor and the roadway between Point Clare Station and Tascott Station.

Officers attached to Brisbane Water Police District were told the vehicle had left the road at a bend on the rail overpass, before it landed into the rail corridor and rolled.

One of the passengers – a teenage boy – was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Gosford Hospital; however, he died on arrival.

The driver – an 18-year-old woman – was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to the same hospital for mandatory testing under police guard.

The second passenger – also an 18-year-old woman – was airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital in a serious condition.

A crime scene has been established and officers attached to Crash Investigation Unit have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.

A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.

Anyone with information about this incident or a dash cam footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.

— NSW Police
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Crime 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

2016-17: 984 per 100,0002017-18: 607 per 100,0002018-19: 1,399 per 100,0002019-20: 1,241 per 100,0002020-21: 679 per 100,0002021-22: 671 per 100,0002022-23: 1,124 per 100,0002023-24: 1,374 per 100,0002024-25: 1,070 per 100,0002025-26: 1,337 per 100,0002016-172021-222025-26
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Balranald, 2016-17 to 2025-26 — up 36% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for New South Wales.

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