INVESTIGATIONS into two fatal head-on crashes that killed three people are continuing.
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Kootingal police are still interviewing witnesses to Friday’s collision on the New England Highway at Moonbi that claimed the life of an 82-year-old local woman.
Tributes are flowing for the popular mother and grandmother with her family taking to social media to thank witnesses who stopped and tried to help her.
She died en-route to hospital while a 61-year-old woman in the oncoming Honda and her 46-year-old passenger were taken to Tamworth hospital with minor injuries.
On Monday, Tamworth police said investigations into the crash were continuing with officers still speaking to witnesses as they prepare a brief for the coroner.
Meanwhile, investigations into the moments leading up to Saturday’s horrific double fatal south of Moree will take some time, police said.
A man and woman inside a Holden sedan headed south on the Newell Highway were killed when their car crashed into an oncoming truck, near Gurley.
It was one of two serious crash Barwon police were called to on Saturday after a second serious head-on, this time near Boggabilla on Saturday night.
Emergency services were called to the collision on the Newell Highway, approximately 15km south of Boggabilla, shortly after 10pm.
The male driver of one of the vehicles was taken to hospital in a critical condition, while the driver of the second vehicle was taken to hospital for mandatory testing.
All other occupants of the vehicles suffered only minor injuries, police said.
Barwon duty officer Inspector Martin Burke said speed, fatigue, distractions, road works, livestock and native animals are all factors that motorists should be aware of, particularly over the school holiday period.
“School holidays always bring with it increased traffic on our roadways ... it’s during this time that drivers need to be more vigilant than ever to the risks of long distance driving,” he said.
“Too often motorists take unnecessary risks in order to get from A to B despite the significant attention given to the ever increasing road toll.
“Responsibility for road safety must be put back on the drivers; drive to the road conditions, obey speed limits and above all exercise extreme caution.”
