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Young driver jailed over fatal crash

18th February, 2026

A teenager was today jailed over a fatal crash at Port Stephens in 2024.

The L-plater had drugs and alcohol in his system when he lost control of a car with four other people onboard… the impact, claiming the life of a 16-year-old boy.

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Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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