Tuesday 31 January 2017

Crash Investigators Probe Fatal Smash At Aberdeen

BY IAN CROUCH

Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal smash at Aberdeen in the Upper Hunter.

A 52-year-old woman died instantly when the Mazda 323 she was a passenger in collided head-on with a Ford Falcon on the New England Highway just before 2.30pm yesterday.

The woman's 54-year-old husband who was driving the Mazda suffered serious leg injuries while the 34-year-old driver of the Falcon remains in a critical condition in the John Hunter Hospital.

Anyone who witnessed the crash or saw the two vehicles travelling on the New England Highway at Aberdeen yesterday should contact the Newcastle Crash Investigation Unit on (02) 4929 0744.

The accident scene Picture courtesy Muswellbrook Chronicle