A young man who died after a car plunged into water at a notorious river crossing in Sydney’s south has been identified.

Emergency services were called to Audley Weir in the Royal National Park about 1.15am on Wednesday after reports a car had entered the water with two people inside.

Police were told a blue Audi sedan and a silver Mercedes sedan had been travelling on Audley Rd near Riverside Rd at Audley before the blue car left the roadway, entered the water and sank.

The 20-year-old driver managed to escape the sinking vehicle.

But his passenger – who has been identified as Muhammad Kashif – became trapped.

The driver escaped the sinking car but the passenger became trapped inside.

Traffic was diverted away from the scene during the recovery operation. Picture: LiveTraffic NSW
Mr Kashif, from Casula, was studying electrical engineering at university and was a budding cricketer.x

Tributes have started rolling in for the young man, with a Facebook post informing users Mr Kashif “returned to Allah (in the) early hours of this morning after being involved in a fatal accident.”

“Please remember our brother and family,” the post continues.

“O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him and grant him peace and pardon him. Receive him with honour and make his place of entry… spacious.”