00:00 A tragic start to the weekend for this quiet northern beaches neighbourhood.
00:05 My wife heard it, she heard the bang and then she woke me up. I came out and the police
00:10 were here and the whole road was closed off. And the police were basically here all night.
00:14 A dual cab ute carrying six boys, all aged between 16 and 17, left Cabbage Tree Road
00:21 in Bayview and hit a tree just after midnight. A 16 year old boy who was travelling in the
00:26 front passenger seat died from his injuries.
00:29 Obviously it was a very chaotic scene with six people injured, one being deceased when
00:35 police first arrived. Quite a traumatic scene.
00:38 Police believe two of the boys were thrown from the vehicle when it crashed. The driver,
00:42 a 17 year old red pea plater, was flown to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital where he's in
00:47 a critical but stable condition. Four other boys were taken to Royal North Shore Hospital.
00:53 It's left family and friends shattered, some of them visiting the site of the crash today
00:57 to pay their respects.
00:59 The six boys were all friends who lived in the northern beaches. Police say they will
01:03 interview the survivors as part of the investigation.
01:06 We will look at speed, road conditions, if alcohol or drugs were involved, all those
01:12 conditions, all those factors yet to be identified.
01:15 Some locals also want possible road safety improvements looked at.
01:19 This road has always been a pretty bad road but as more and more people come to live in
01:23 the area it's become busier and busier. And we've had now two very bad accidents, particularly
01:30 with that tree in this road.
01:33 A community banding together in a time of heartbreak.
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