A Thursday night drive has ended in tragedy in western Sydney with an 18-year-old driver dead and her four passengers injured when their car crashed into a tree.
The group were driving down The Horsley Drive at Wetherill Park about 11.15pm when the car veered off the road, mounting the median strip and smashing head-on into a tree.
An 18-year-old female driver died and four passengers were injured in a car crash in Wetherill Park on Thursday nightCredit: Nine News
Paramedics and police rushed to the scene, but the driver could not be saved.
One of the passengers was in a critical condition when paramedics arrived.
One person in their teens was found with multiple injuries and taken to Liverpool Hospital.
Another passenger, a female patient in her teens, also had multiple injuries and was taken to Westmead Hospital.
Another passenger, a male in his 20s, was taken to Westmead Hospital with multiple injuries.
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