Liddell: Man killed after a truck hits two crashed cars in NSW Hunter region
A man has died after two cars collided and were then hit by a truck on a major highway in NSW.
Just before midnight on Wednesday, emergency services were called to the New England Highway at Liddell in the state’s upper Hunter region, following reports of a crash.
Officers attached to Hunter Valley police district attended and found two cars had collided, with a truck later hitting the vehicles.
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The female driver of a silver sedan, aged 22, was trapped for a short time before being freed by Fire and Rescue NSW.
She was treated at the scene before being airlifted to John Hunter Hospital in a serious condition.
The male driver of the truck, believed to be aged in his 40s, was uninjured, and taken to Muswellbrook Hospital for mandatory testing.
A crime scene has been established, and investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash has commenced.
The New England Highway is closed in both directions near Pikes Gully Road at Liddell and diversions are in place.
