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P-PLATER CHARGED OVER HIGH SPEED PEARL BEACH CRASH

A P-plater has been charged over a high speed crash on the Central Coast which has left a teenager fighting for life.

Four boys, all aged 17, were inside the vehicle, when it slammed into a tree off Patonga Drive at Pearl Beach early this morning.

One of the back seat passengers was treated for head injuries before being airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital in a critical condition.

Another passenger was taken to Gosford Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

No one else was injured.

The driver’s licence has been suspended.

He has been charged with low-range drink driving, as well as aggravated dangerous driving while travelling more than 45 kilometres over the speed limit.

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Sarah Iuliano

Sarah Iuliano is a reporter and producer with NBN News based in Newcastle.

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