A 73-year-old man has been charged after two youngsters ladies had been killed in a boating crash over the Christmas holidays.
Police allege the 13-year-old and 14-year-old ladies had been being towed behind a ship on an inflatable gadget on the Namoi River in northeastern NSW once they hit a tree stump on December 27 final yr.
They had been critically injured within the crash and onlookers tried to resuscitate them till paramedics arrived, however they might not be revived.
The accident occurred close to a caravan park on the Namoi at Rushes Creek, 600km from Tamworth, about 5pm on December 27.
The 73-year-old man who was allegedly driving the boat has been charged with working a leisure vessel negligently and inflicting demise.
He is anticipated to entrance Tamworth Local Court on July 17.
Police established a criminal offense scene on the rural location after the accident, and seized the boat and different gadgets concerned within the crash.
A report is being ready for the coroner over the 2 deaths.
Originally revealed as Elderly man charged over double deadly boat crash
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
