Driver pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing death

Jake Aron Power, 24, appeared in Port Macquarie Local Court to enter pleas regarding a fatal vehicle collision on the Oxley Highway. Power pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous driving occasioning death and driving furiously in a motor vehicle.

Court documents revealed that Power consumed nine full-strength beers at a hotel before driving toward Sancrox. Despite receiving a text message from his mother advising him not to drive and offering Uber funds, Power replied, ‘I’ve only had a couple’. While driving, he crossed double unbroken lines and struck an oncoming vehicle. The collision resulted in the death of driver Brendan Sarkozy and caused injuries to his brother, Adam Sarkozy.