Update: Bad Smash At Hamilton

BY IAN CROUCH

Traffic is back to normal after a nasty smash at Hamilton.

Three cars collided at the intersection of Beaumont and Everton Streets just before 7 o'clock.

One car flipped onto its roof.

Ambulance paramedics are treating a man at the scene - he's been taken to the John Hunter Hospital with a cut to his arm.

The occupants of the other vehicles weren't injured.

Woman Charged With Drug Offences After Vehicle Stop At Broadmeadow

BY IAN CROUCH

A 22-year-old woman is due to front court after police allegedly found drugs in her car at Broadmeadow.

Patrolling police stopped and searched a Hyundai Elantra on Everton Street at about 11.00pm on Tuesday.

It's claimed they found a quantity of the drug ICE along with cash and knives.

The woman's been charged with drug supply, dealing in the proceeds of crime and having custody of a knife in a public place.


She's been refused bail to appear in Newcastle Local Court today (Wednesday 27 September 2017).