Disturbing new details in horror Yanco crash that kills mother, two sons and third boy
A man and a woman have been arrested after a mother, her two young sons and a young male relative were killed when their car crashed into a telegraph pole on a country road.
Tania Murphy, 36, was driving near the intersection of Research Road and Toorak Road in Yanco, near Leeton in southern NSW, around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday, with two of her three children, Nathaniel, 11, and Jeremiah, 10, and another male relative , 12.
Mrs. Murphy’s car hit a pole and then plunged off an embankment into a water channel. It then landed upside down.
Mrs. Murphy and the three boys, who were from Yanco, died at the scene before paramedics arrived.
Daily Mail Australia can reveal that Ms Murphy has a nine-year-old daughter who was not in the vehicle at the time of the devastating accident.
NSW Police initially reported that the horror impact was thought to be a single-vehicle accident.
However, at 3pm on Wednesday, police announced that a man, 32, and a 50-year-old woman had been arrested at a unit in Griffith.
Tania Murphy, 36, was driving with her two sons and another male relative when her car crashed into a pole
Mrs. Murphy’s three children are pictured a few years ago. Nathaniel, now 11, is right, Jeremiah, now 10, is left. Their sister is in the middle
They were taken to Griffith Police Station where they are still being held.
It’s unclear what role the pair may have played in the crash.
Mark Sins, a close friend of the family, told Daily Mail Australia that thankfully Ms Murphy’s daughter was not in the car at the time.
He said Mrs. Murphy was in a relationship with his brother, who is not the children’s father.
“The kids were beautiful and Mum was great to me – always on my guard and saying ‘are you okay?'” he said.
She gave me a roof over my head.
‘[My brother] was happy and seeing him now hurts.’
Nathaniel (left) and his brother Jeremiah (right) died Tuesday night along with their mother, Tania Murphy, and another male relative
Mr Sins said Jeremiah was his fish friend.
Meanwhile, Nathaniel was a “good boy…always nice to me.”
“The family, mom and kids, was my family. They brought me in.”
The tragedy has rocked the Leeton region, with Mayor Tony Reneker telling ABC “it’s just a sense of desperation.”
“It’s terrible news to wake up to, people are just shocked.”
The detective is still investigating the circumstances of the incident.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call Crime Stoppers.
Tania Murphy, 36, was driving near the intersection of Research Road and Toorak Road in Yanco near Leeton in southern NSW at around 11:15pm Tuesday (scene pictured)