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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

Three die in ‘horrific’ south Sydney vehicle crash after police welfare check

Police car.
A 42-year-old man was among three dead after a car crashed shortly after police made a welfare check at a Sydney property. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Three people have died in a crash in Sydney after a man fled from police who had been attempting to carry out a welfare check.

Police officers had been called to a property in Gymea Bay, southern Sydney, at 12.25am on Saturday. When they arrived, a 42-year-old man drove away in a white Audi, New South Wales police said.

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