A man has been charged with two counts of manslaughter after driving into flood waters in October. -AAP Image
A 41-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter after two men travelling in the tray of his ute died when he drove into floodwaters in southwest NSW.
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Emergency services were called to the Preston Creek Causeway on Rugby Road at Bevendale, west of Goulburn, at around 11.15pm on October 31 following reports a ute had been swept into flood waters.
Two men who were in the cabin of the ute managed to swim to safety, but two others - aged 30 and 32 - who were travelling in the tray of the ute were swept downstream.
Their bodies were found in November downstream from the causeway.
Following an NSW Police investigation, a 41-year-old man from Guildford was arrested at Merrylands Police Station on Tuesday.
He was charged with two counts of manslaughter, two counts of dangerous driving causing death and one count of driving while suspended.
He was refused bail to appear at Parramatta Local Court on Wednesday.
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