A man has been charged with numerous offences following a fatal Central West crash over the weekend.
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At about 10.40pm on Saturday, December 16, emergency services were called to Fitzroy Avenue, Cowra, after reports a Kia Sorento and a Toyota HiAce Minibus had collided, causing the bus to overturn.
Officers from Chifley Police District attended, along with NSW Ambulance paramedics and found a passenger on the bus had been "ejected" and the 84-year-old man, died at the scene.
The Toyota driver, a 61-year-old woman, and four other passengers - two men aged 41 and 78 and two women, aged 55 and 60 - were injured.
Three were taken to Cowra Hospital and a fourth airlifted to Orange Base Hospital for further treatment
As part of inquiries, police spoke to the owner of the Kia, a 32-year-old man. He was taken to Cowra Hospital for mandatory testing before being released pending further investigations.
A crime scene was established and examined by specialist officers from the Crash Investigation Unit, who commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
Following inquiries, the 32-year-old man was arrested at Cowra Police Station about 9am on December 17.
He was charged with dangerous driving occasioning death - drive manner dangerous, cause bodily harm by misconduct - in charge of motor vehicle, negligent driving (occasioning death) and two counts of knowingly making a false/misleading statement.
The Cowra man was refused bail to appear before Orange Local Court on Monday, December 18.