A woman has been charged after her passenger died when her car crashed into the Tweed River last year.
Just before 2pm on Friday, September 23, 2016, emergency services were called to the Tweed Valley Way, Condong, 25km south west of Tweed Heads, where they found a sedan fully submerged.
A 53-year-old woman, who was travelling in the front passenger seat, suffered critical injuries and died on Wednesday, October 12.
The driver, a then-33-year-old woman, was also taken to The Tweed Hospital; her injuries were not life-threatening.
Richmond Crash Investigation Unit officers today travelled to a home in Queensland, where they arrested a 34-year-old woman.
She has been charged with dangerous driving occasioning death, negligent driving causing death, and not keeping left of dividing line.
The woman is due to appear in Murwillumbah Local Court on Tuesday, May 23.
She is not permitted to drive in NSW
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