BY IAN CROUCH
The search continues for the driver of a car involved in a horrific crash at North Lambton at the weekend.
Around 2.40am on Sunday police allege a westbound Holden Commodore bearing unauthorised number plates crossed onto the wrong side of Newcastle Road after the vehicle refused to stop for police and crashed into an oncoming Hyundai near Arthur Street.
A 55-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai died in the crash - the driver, a 28-year-old woman who was 25 weeks pregnant, was taken to hospital with serous leg injuries and subsequently lost her unborn child.
The driver of the Commodore, believed to be a 19-year-old man and his 17-year-old front seat passenger fled the scene
Acting Assistant Commissioner Paul Dunstan says the backseat passengers, two girls aged 15 and 17 suffered serious injuries and remain under police guard in hospital.
"They are both in serious conditions in hospital and are both undergoing treatment at the moment. The incident has been determined a critical incident with independent police investigating what has occurred," he said.
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| The crash scene on Newcastle Road at North Lambton. Picture: Newcastle Herald |
