BY IAN CROUCH
A man is lucky to be alive after his car plunged off an overpass on the M1 at Cooranbong and crashed onto to the road below.
Emergency services were alerted to the crash at about 4.00pm on Tuesday, arriving to find the car had fallen several metres onto Newport Road.
The driver, believed to be a man in his 30's, was airlifted to the John Hunter Hospital by the region's Westpac Rescue Helicopter in a critical condition with multiple fractures and head and chest injuries.
The crash scene at Cooranbong Picture: NSW Ambulance |