Tag: pacific highway
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MAN DIES FOLLOWING CRASH ON THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY
A 45-year-old man has died in hospital, after a two-vehicle crash on the Pacific Highway near Kempsey this morning. The 70-year-old male driver of the other car was airlifted to John Hunter Hospital this afternoon with serious injuries. A 58-year-old woman who was also injured, remains in a stable condition at Port Macquarie Base Hospital.…
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POLICE INVESTIGATE FATAL CRASH NEAR TAREE
A Sydney man has died in a single-vehicle crash south of Taree overnight. The 49-year-old was travelling south along the Pacific Highway at Possum Brush at around 10:30 last night, when his car left the road on a right-hand bend. He careered through a fence and crashed into a tree. Emergency services arrived a short…
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MORE DETAILS REVEALED ABOUT HIGHWAY FATAL
Police have revealed the two people who were killed while driving along the Pacific Highway at Moorland, north of Taree yesterday, were a Queensland couple who were on their way home to Clontarf, near Brisbane. 54-year-old Sharon Thorogood and 59-year-old Vincent Thorogood died when their car ran off the highway, crashing into the barrier on…
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POLICE INVESTIGATE DOUBLE FATAL AT MOORLAND
There’s been a sad end to the year on New South Wales roads, with two people killed today on the Pacific Highway, on the mid north coast. The state’s holiday road toll now stands at eight.
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TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN HIGHWAY CRASH
There’s been a tragic end to 2014, with two people killed in a car crash north of Taree. The man and woman were travelling north along the Pacific Highway at Moorland just before 2pm, when their car left the road, hit a barrier and rolled down an embankment. Police say fatigue may have been a…
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TENDER AWARDED FOR HEXHAM BYPASS DESIGN
Plans for a future bypass of Hexham and Heatherbrae have taken a step forward, with the awarding of a tender to complete the concept design. Jacobs Australia will carry out detailed traffic and environmental studies, as it fine-tunes the plan for the missing link between the M1 and the Pacific Highway. The 15-kilometre stretch will…
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MAN CRITICAL AFTER HIGHWAY CRASH
A 24-year-old South Grafton man is in a critical condition following a collision on the Pacific Highway north of Coffs Harbour. Emergency services were called to the scene at Dirty Creek just after 4am, after a car and two trucks were involved in a crash. The driver of the car suffered chest, head and leg…
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TRUCK FIRE CLOSES PACIFIC HIGHWAY
PHOTO: Thanks to our viewer Brett Hopely for this picture. A truck fire brought the Pacific Highway at Coolongolook to a halt this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene at around 7:30, after a B-double caught alight. It was a delicate operation for Fire and Rescue New South Wales to extinguish the blaze,…
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GRAIN TRUCK OVERTURNS ON THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY
The driver of a grain truck, which overturned on the Pacific Highway north of Raymond Terrace, reportedly had a ‘sneezing attack’ before crashing into a concrete barrier. The incident occurred just after midday near Medowie Road, sending around 30-tonnes of chicken feed across the road. No-one appears to have been injured. Both northbound lanes were…
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EMERGENCY SERVICES WORK TO FREE WOMAN TRAPPED IN CAR
Emergency services are working to free a 62-year-old woman from a car, following an accident south of Taree. The car was towing a caravan along the Pacific Highway near Seven Mile Road at around 11:40am, when the driver lost control and jack-knifed. The male driver sustained minor injuries, while the condition of his female passenger…