BY IAN CROUCH
One person has been killed in a 2 car crash at Muswellbrook overnight.
Emergency services were called to Thomas Mitchell Drive at about 6.30pm on Wednesday to find a Hyundai Getz and a Nisaan Pulsar had collided, trapping three people.
The driver of the Hyundai, a 28-year-old man, died at the scene.
Police say the driver of the Nissan, a 20-year-old woman, was freed by Fire and Rescue
NSW and airlifted to John Hunter Hospital in a serious condition. A 10-year-old
girl, who was travelling in the back seat, was also flown to hospital suffering
suspected fractures.
A seven-week-old boy in the same vehicle escaped injury but was taken to hospital to be checked as a precaution.
Officers from Hunter Valley Police District established a crime scene which is being forensically examined and have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
A report will be prepared for the Coroner.
