In brief
In a Wednesday police report, emergency services were called to a highway 320 km northwest of Sydney around 10 p.m. after a northbound sedan collided with two heavy freight trucks, killing a man and a woman. The incident adds to a recent spike in road deaths in NSW, bringing year‑to‑date tolls to 289. An alternative account from ABC Western Plains Facebook describes the crash as occurring on Goolma Road at 4 p.m., noting additional injuries and helicopter rescues.
Two people died when a sedan collided with two trucks on a New South Wales highway, police said Tuesday night, after emergency services arrived at the scene about 10 p.m. on a stretch 320 km northwest of Sydney. The accident involved a northbound sedan that first struck a southbound freight truck and was then hit by a second heavy truck, killing a man and a woman in the vehicle.
Police noted that both truck drivers were uninjured and were taken to a hospital for mandatory drug and alcohol testing. The New South Wales Police Force also issued a statement urging motorists to slow down amid a recent spike in road deaths, noting that nine people were killed in eight crashes over the week up to Monday and three more deaths occurred on Tuesday. As of Monday, the state reported 289 road deaths for the year, up from 282 the same time last year.
In an unconfirmed report from ABC Western Plains Facebook, the crash is described as a “2 car collision on Goolma road” that happened at about 4 p.m. that afternoon, claiming the lives of two people and resulting in many injuries. The post also mentioned that four rescue helicopters were deployed, but the timing and road location differ from the police account.