The region suffered a horrific start to 2012 when two local teenage pedestrians were killed in a motor vehicle incident near Port Macquarie.
About 12.35pm on Sunday, January 1, Kane Bramble, a 19-year-old male from Port Macquarie, and Clint Ritchie, a 16-year-old male from Wauchope, were walking in an easterly direction on the Oxley Highway at Sancrox when they were hit by an eastbound 1990 Nissan Patrol.
The teenagers died at the scene.
The vehicle driver, a 37-year-old man, was subjected to a roadside breath test.
He was taken to Port Macquarie Police Station and subsequently passed a further breath analysis.
The driver has been questioned by police in relation to the circumstances surrounding the incident.
The Nissan has been seized for examination.
A report will be prepared for the Coroner, and investigators are appealing for anyone with information about the circumstances surrounding the incident to contact Port Macquarie Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
The deaths of the two teenagers took the state’s Christmas-New Year road toll to 17 on Sunday.
