A 53-year-old Queensland truck driver will face court next month in relation to a crash north of Dubbo earlier this year in which two children died.
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Emergency services were called to the crash site, approximately 12 kilometres north of Dubbo, at about 3.30am on May 6 after a 4WD and a B-double collided.
Five people were travelling in the 4WD with two boys, a nine-year-old and a 12-year-old, found dead at the scene.
An adult male and female from the vehicle were treated for minor injuries but not conveyed to hospital.
A third child, a four-year-old boy with internal injuries, was airlifted to Westmead Children’s Hospital.
Following investigations, a 53–year-old man was issued a Future Court Attendance Notice on July 17.
He will face Dubbo Local Court on August 30 to face two counts of dangerous driving occasioning death - drive manner dangerous, and single charges of cause bodily harm by misconduct in charge of motor vehicle, negligent driving occasioning death, and not keep left of dividing line - class B/C vehicle.