Flowers and signs placed at crash site as community mourns two teenagers killed in collision

Two teenage boys have died after the motorbike they were riding collided with a commuter bus and became trapped underneath the vehicle in Sydney’s west on Monday night.

Nine News has identified the 15-year-old rider as William Drake, and his 14-year-old passenger as Adrian Lai. Both were treated by paramedics but died at the scene.

Emergency services responded to reports of a crash involving a bus on the Liverpool Parramatta Transitway at Bossley Park about 7.10pm.

The 48-year-old bus driver was also assessed by paramedics before being taken to hospital for mandatory testing.

No passengers on the bus were injured.

The collision occurred on a section of the T-way adjacent to Wheller Street, about 100 metres from Restwell Road.

Eyewitnesses described watching the traumatic scene unfold.

One man told Nine News, “I saw this little kid get hit by a big bus, we were just going through. We saw the bus doing a [U-turn], and this guy went straight under the bus.”

Locals have taken to social media to sound the alarm over the dangers of the busy T-way, which is a dedicated bus route used by more than 43,000 passengers each week.

There have been calls to replace the T-way with a light rail to address safety concerns and support surging commuter demand.

Fairfield City Mayor Frank Carbone said the T-way had been a source of concern for residents for some time, following another incident in February when two boys were hit by an e-bike.

“My thoughts and prayers are with those who were hurt, and I sincerely hope they are OK,” Carbone wrote on Facebook shortly after the incident.

The tragedy comes as the NSW government is set to introduce new e-bike laws to parliament.

The legislation, to be tabled on Tuesday, will give NSW Police and Transport for NSW new powers to seize and crush illegally modified e-bikes.

Based on similar “seize and crush” laws already imposed in Western Australia, the NSW laws will use “dyno” units – portable dynamometers that can test whether electric vehicles can go faster than the speed limit.

Minister for Transport John Graham said the legislation “gives police and transport officers the powers they need to efficiently and permanently remove these devices from our streets and public places”.

The crackdown follows months of controversy over the use of electric bikes on Sydney roads.

It is illegal for children to ride motorcycles in NSW. Learner riders must be at least 16 and nine months old.

Officers from Fairfield City Police Area Command said that an investigation into the circumstances of the fatal crash was underway.

Questions have been raised over how the two teens had access to the trail bike without a permit. Detective Superintendent Craig Middleton told Nine’s Today show that this would be investigated by police.

“We’re only in the initial stages of the investigation, so it’s very early days at the moment, but all the sorts of things that we’ll be looking at as the investigation progresses.

“This sort of stuff has a ripple effect right across the community. We’ve got two families that, as a parent, I can only imagine the grief that they’ll be undergoing today,” he said.

By Tuesday morning, flowers and a cross with a sign reading “RIP Boys” had been placed by the side of the road next to the site of the fatal crash.

Police have asked for witnesses to come forward following the incident. Anyone with dashcam footage or CCTV should contact Fairfield City Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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