Sydney teenage driver pleads guilty over Buxton crash that led to five deaths

Tyrell Edwards, 19, was at the wheel in the high-speed crash that killed five students aged between 14 and 16 south-west of Sydney in September

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A teenager has admitted to causing the deaths of five students, who were killed when his vehicle slammed into two trees in Sydney.

Tyrell Edwards, 19, pleaded guilty to five counts of aggravated dangerous driving occasioning death at Picton Local Court on Thursday after the high-speed tragedy at Buxton on 6 September.