A 19-year-old woman has been charged over a crash in which a teenage boy died in the early hours of Wednesday, July 31.
At about 1.30am emergency services were called to the Pacific Hwy at Charmhaven following reports of a single vehicle crash.
Officers attached to Tuggerah Lakes Police District arrived to find a station wagon had hit a tree.
A 17-year-old male passenger died at the scene and a 19-year-old female driver left the scene but was located a short time later.
She was taken to Gosford Hospital for the treatment of injuries sustained during the crash.
A crime scene was established, with officers commencing an investigation into circumstances surrounding the incident.
In a bedside hearing held later on the day of the crash, the driver was charged with dangerous driving occasioning death-drive manner dangerous, negligent driving (occasioning death), fail to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death, and drive while suspended.
She was granted strict conditional bail to appear before Wyong Local Court on Monday, August 26.