Two dead, one injured in three-car crash on Far North Coast

October 31, 2026 — 1:42pm

Two people have died and one injured following a three-car crash in Suffolk Park on the North Coast on Saturday.

Emergency services were called at 10.30am to Broken Head Road near Byron Bay where they found the driver of a vehicle, believed to be a woman aged in her 50s, and the driver of a second vehicle, a man believed to be in his 60s, had died at the scene. They are yet to be formally identified.

A woman in her 60s who was a passenger in the second vehicle was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics and airlifted to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition.

The occupants of a third vehicle were uninjured.

Police have established a crime scene and are investigating the incident, with the public urged to avoid the area. A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.

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