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Eden, NSW: Teenager dies after car crashes with kangaroo on Princes Highway, others taken to hospital

Three other people were in the car at the time of the horrific collision.

Emily Williams
The Nightly
Three other people were in the car at the time of the horrific collision.
Three other people were in the car at the time of the horrific collision. Credit: AAP

A teenage girl has died after a horrific collision between a car and kangaroo.

Emergency services were contacted around 9.40pm on Saturday with reports of a car crash on the Princes Highway at Boydtown, about eight kilometres from Eden in New South Wales.

Police said a Toyota Landcruiser had hit a kangaroo on the road, which caused it to roll down an embankment nearby.

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A 14-year-old girl, who was a passenger in the back, died at the scene.

The driver, a 20-year-old man, was trapped in the car before being freed and taken to Canberra Hospital in a serious condition.

A 19-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were also inside the vehicle at the time of the collision.

They were treated by paramedics at the scene and the woman was taken to hospital.

A crime scene has been established and an investigation into the crash has been launched.

A report will be prepared for the coroner.

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