One of the men killed when a high-powered Ford Falcon came off the road and plunged into a river is identified – as new details emerge about how a 22-year-old woman miraculously survived
One of the two young men killed a horror crash in northern NSW has been identified.
Daily Mail Australia can reveal that Tristan ‘Tizzy’ Dunn, also known as Tristan English was one of the men who lost their lives when a high-powered Ford Falcon XR6 veered off Droney Bridge Road and plunged into the Richmond River at Fairy Hill, near Casino on Wednesday night.
Both men were understood to be aged in their 20s.
The third occupant, a 22-year-old female passenger miraculously managed to escape unharmed before the vehicle submerged.
She then ran 2km to raise the alarm and get help.
Emergency services arrived at the the scene quickly but by then, the rescue operation had become a recovery effort.
Police rescue and SES crews remained at the scene on Thursday to retrieve the men’s bodies from the submerged car.
Tributes have flooded social media from Mr English’s grieving friends.
Tristan Dunn also known as Tristan English was one of the men who was tragically killed in a fatal crash at Fairy Hill
‘Rest in peace Tizzy, we’re forever gonna miss your craziness, always in our hearts’ a tribute on social media read. Pictured is Tristan English
‘Rest in peace Tizzy, we’re forever gonna miss your craziness, always in our hearts’ one post read.
Mr English is understood to have grown up in Casino and spent time living in South Australia.
In 2022, Richmond Police issued a public appeal for assistance in tracking down Mr English, then aged 23, who was wanted by virtue of a conviction warrant.
The car involved in the crash, a lime Ford Falcon XR6, was recovered from the river and towed from the scene on Thursday afternoon.
An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the single vehicle crash continues.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
Locals say a sharp turn before the bridge gives drivers ‘no room for error’.
‘There are no guardrails or anything to stop you going over the bridge,’ John Miller told the ABC.
‘If you go over the bridge, you go straight into the river.’
The tragedy unfolded on Droney Bridge Road in Fairy Hill just before 10pm on Wednesday
The car involved in the crash, a lime Ford Falcon XR6, was towed from the scene on Thursday afternoon
In 2022 Richmond Police District issued a public appeal to help locate Tristan English, then 23, who was wanted by virtue of a conviction warrant.
The two men were among five lives lost in fatal crashes across NSW within 24 hours.
Another man died following a two-car crash at Ilford in the state’s central west in Thursday morning.
Two more men aged 60 and 62 also died in a head-on crash on the Great Western Highway near Linden in the Blue Mountains on Wednesday night.
