Pair killed in car crash near Bathurst were picking up friend for funeral

By Megan Levy
Updated May 29 2015 - 11:08am, first published 11:07am
Tragedy: Jake Chaffey (left) and Claudia Chown (centre), who died this week and Rickie-lee Atkinson (right), who died on May 14. <em>Photos: Facebook, Kelly Manwaring</em>
Tragedy: Jake Chaffey (left) and Claudia Chown (centre), who died this week and Rickie-lee Atkinson (right), who died on May 14. <em>Photos: Facebook, Kelly Manwaring</em>

Two young friends who died in a car crash in the central west of NSW had just picked up a friend to attend the funeral of another car crash victim when their vehicle veered off the road and smashed into a tree.