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Exaven Desisto said the driver of the car that crashed on Tuesday killing his son and four other teenagers “had a good heart”, as he mourned his “best mate”.

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A teenager who was allegedly driving a car that smashed into a tree, killing five of his mates has been supported by a large crowd of family and friends as he applies for bail in court.

A family member or friend is required to attend Lidcombe’s Forensic Medicine and Coroner’s Complex to identify those who died when a ute they were in hit a tree.

Exaven Desisto said the driver of the car that crashed on Tuesday killing his son and four other teenagers “had a good heart”, as he mourned his “best mate”.

The driver in the tragic Buxton car crash southwest of Sydney in which five teenagers were killed allegedly filmed himself swerving and told police the ute had a steering fault.

Lily van de Putte, 15, Antonio Desisto, 16, two 14-year-old girls and a 15-year-old boy died when a Nissan Navara ute veered off East Parade in Buxton at about 8pm on Tuesday.

Sixty-seven minutes before he would crash his ute into a tree, Tyrell Edwards was allegedly videoed “purposely and aggressively” swerving violently at 90km/h as he drove. 

The father of one of the young victims killed in the Buxton crash said his son was his best friend.

John Van De Putte,the heartbroken father of a 14-year-old girl who died in the horrific ute crash that killed five teenagers has demanded a dramatic change to P-plate laws.