A woman has been charged following a fatal single-vehicle crash just north of Casino earlier this year.

About 10pm on Wednesday, 26 March 2025, emergency services were called to Droneys Bridge Road, Fairy Hill, following reports of a single vehicle crash.

Officers attached to Richmond Police District attended and found a vehicle submerged in the Richmond River.

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Police inquiries led them to believe the vehicle was travelling along Droneys Bridge Road, before it left the roadway.

A 23-year-old female occupant of the vehicle was able to self-extricate. She was uninjured.

With assistance from Police Rescue and NSW SES crews, the vehicle was retrieved from the water.

The bodies of two men - aged 26 and 27 - were located inside the vehicle.

Police established a crime scene and commenced inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the crash.

Following extensive inquiries, about 3pm yesterday (Thursday, 18 September 2025), police arrested a 23-year-old woman at a unit on Short Street, Glen Innes.

She was taken to Glen Innes Police Station, where she was charged with two counts of dangerous driving occ death-drive manner dangerous, negligent driving (occasioning death) and drive motor vehicle during disqualification period.

She was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Court 5 today (Friday, 19 September 2025).

Police will allege in court that the 23-year-old woman was the driver of the vehicle when it crashed.