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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose and Mostafa Rachwani

‘Inconsistent information’: family calls for independent inquiry into Sydney teen’s death after police crash

(From left to right) Jai Wright’s father Lachlan Wright, brother Kaidyn Wright and mother Kylie speak outside Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney as they call for an inquiry into Jai’s death.
(From left to right) Jai Wright’s father Lachlan Wright, brother Kaidyn Wright and mother Kylie speak outside Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney as they call for an inquiry into Jai’s death. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

The family of a 16-year-old boy who died after the trail bike he was riding and an unmarked police car crashed in Sydney has called for an independent inquiry into the death.

Police have launched a critical incident investigation into Saturday’s crash that killed Indigenous teenager Jai Wright, but his father Lachlan Wright says an independent inquiry is needed. He claimed police had told the family two different versions of what happened, and the family want to know if Jai was being pursued by police at the time of the crash.

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