Two people have died in a motor vehicle crash in Suffolk Park, south of Byron Bay.
Emergency services were called to the scene on Broken Head Road just after 10.30am to reports of a three-vehicle crash.
Two people have died after a crash on Broken Head Road. (Image: Supplied)
On arrival, officers from the Tweed/Byron Police District found the driver of one vehicle, believed to be a woman in her 50s, had died.
The driver of a second vehicle, a man believed to be in his 60s, also died at the scene.
They have yet to be formally identified.
The passenger of the second vehicle, a woman in her 60s, was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics and taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition by the Westpac Helicopter.
Emergency services have closed the road. (Supplied: Live Traffic)
The occupants of the third vehicle were uninjured.
Police have established a crime scene and are investigating the crash.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
Broken Head Road is closed between Beech Drive and Broken Head Reserve Road with diversions in place.
The public is urged to avoid the area.
Crosses mark the site of a 2006 crash on Broken Head Road. (ABC North Coast: Samantha Turnbull)
Road’s tragic history
This month marks two decades since four teenagers were killed in a horrific crash on the same stretch of road.
On October 22, 2006, five boys celebrated a friend’s birthday at a Chinese restaurant in Lismore before heading to Byron Bay.
Only the 17-year-old driver made it home.
Sixteen-year-olds Corey New and Paul Morris, and 17-year-olds Bryce Wells and Mitchell Eveleigh died after the car ran off the road just south of Byron Bay at Broken Head.
The driver was sentenced to four years in jail, with a non-parole period of two years.
As inquiries continue into today’s crash, anyone with information or dashcam video is urged to contact Tweed/Byron police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Source: www.abc.net.au
