A man has died and a woman and toddler have been flown to the John Hunter Hospital following a single vehicle crash at Hillville south west of Taree.
Emergency services were called to the Bucketts Way near Hillville Road just before 5.00pm on Sunday to find a Holden Commodore had left the road and slammed into a tree.
Police say a 22-year-old male passenger died at the scene while the 21-year-old female driver and a 2-and-a-half year old child, believed to female, were cut free from the wreckage and airlifted to hospital by two Westpac Rescue Helicopters.
The toddler suffered multiple fractures while the woman suffered unspecified injuries.
The Newcastle Crash Investigation Unit is looking into the circumstances leading up to the crash and a report will be prepared for the Coroner.
