Date Time UPDATE Appeal for witnesses after fatal crash – Benandarah, South Coast Police are appealing for witnesses after a fatal crash on the state’s south coast overnight. About 2:50am (Sunday 7 February 2021), officers from Batemans Bay Highway Patrol were on routine patrol on the Princes Highway at Benandarah when they located a Ford Falcon sedan crashed into a tree and on fire. The fire was extinguished, and a female passenger was located with serious injuries inside the car. A short time later, officers located the body of the driver. He has yet to be formally identified. The injured passenger was extracted about 5am and airlifted to Canberra Hospital with serious injuries.