BY IAN CROUCH
A report is being prepared for the Coroner after a fatal crash at Martindale in the Upper Hunter.
Emergency services were called to reports of a head-on crash involving a car and a B-Double truck on Martindale Road at about 3.30pm on Tuesday.
The driver, an 81-year-old man and his 82-year-old female passenger were trapped for some time before being freed.
The man was airlifted to the John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition by the region's Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
The woman was taken by road ambulance to Denman Hospital where she later died.
The truck driver, a 43-year-old man, was not injured.
Police established a crime scene and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.
