Police investigate fatal collision on Broken Head Road in Suffolk Park
A major motor vehicle crash in Suffolk Park, located just south of Byron Bay, has left two people dead and another person in a critical condition. Emergency services responded to the incident on Broken Head Road shortly after 10:30am following reports of a three-vehicle collision.
Officers from the Tweed/Byron Police District arrived at the scene to find that the driver of one vehicle, a woman believed to be in her 50s, had passed away. The driver of a second vehicle, a man estimated to be in his 60s, also died at the scene. Both victims are yet to be formally identified.
Paramedics from NSW Ambulance treated a third individual—a female passenger in her 60s from the second vehicle—at the scene before transporting her to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition.
Authorities have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash. Investigators are urging anyone who witnessed the incident, or who possesses relevant dashcam footage, to contact Tweed/Byron police or reach out to Crime Stoppers.
