{"id":688409,"date":"2026-05-23T00:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T00:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/688409\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T00:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T00:34:12","slug":"police-investigate-triple-fatal-road-crash-in-sans-souci-in-sydneys-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/688409\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigate triple fatal road crash in Sans Souci, in Sydney&#8217;s south"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Three people have died in a car crash in Sydney&#8217;s south, with police attempting to conduct a welfare check at one of the victim&#8217;s homes minutes before the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police attended a home on Second Avenue, Gymea Bay at 12:25am on Saturday following reports of a concern for welfare related to a mental health incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A 42-year-old man left the home in a white Audi before officers could speak to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Shortly after at 12:30am, emergency services were called to Rocky Point Road at San Souci after reports of a two-car crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police found that the same white Audi had rolled over a concrete barrier before landing on a blue Toyota sedan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emergency vehicles with flashing lights parked on a road near a crashed car.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b51e9af06223fdf5e75250e7d1455dee.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police say the Audi was travelling at &#8220;considerable speed&#8221;. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The 42-year-old Audi driver died at the scene, as did the driver and passenger of the Toyota.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Investigators have yet to formally identify the occupants of the Toyota.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Horrific scene&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Superintendent Graham Hibbs said officers believed the Audi was travelling at &#8220;considerable speed&#8221; when the crash occurred.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police tape around two crashed cars on a road.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b42c7461da9404dfdf5692097fd9d077.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police say bystanders attempted to assist at the scene. (ABC News: Sean Tarek Goodwin)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We really feel for the families of all three persons who were involved in this incident and their loved ones,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He said between 20 and 40 bystanders attempted to assist when one of the cars caught fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Superintendent Hibbs said first responders would have been met with a &#8220;horrific scene&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A crime scene has been established and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash is underway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Rocky Point Road remains closed between Sans Souci and Taren Point, with motorists advised to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A report will be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people have died in a car crash in Sydney&#8217;s south, with police attempting to conduct a welfare&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,2733,336149,336147,182874,336148],"class_list":["post-688409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-nsw","tag-sans-souci-crash","tag-sydney-fatal-crash","tag-sydney-news","tag-triple-fatal-crash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}