BY IAN CROUCH
A truck driver has been seriously injured after his heavy vehicle collided with a a fully laden coal train at a Scone rail crossing.
Emergency services were called to the crossing on Turnaville Road at 7.15am on Wednesday.
A bystander has reported the driver was pulled from truck.
NSW Ambulance says the driver, a 29-year-old man, has suffered head and chest injuries.
He's been transported to Scone Hospital in a serious condition to rendezvous with the region's Westpac Rescue Helicopter, who will fly him to John Hunter Hospital.
The train driver was not injured in the crash.
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| The 29-year-old truck driver suffered non-life threatening injuries Picture ABC Upper Hunter Jake Lapham |
