NSW: Two injured in seven-car freeway smash

AAP General News (Australia)
08-20-2007
NSW: Two injured in seven-car freeway smash

EDS: Clarifies number of vehicles involved on updated police information.

SYDNEY, Aug 20 AAP - Police are investigating a seven-vehicle pile-up on the freeway
between Sydney and Newcastle, in which two people were injured.

About 7.15pm (AEST) yesterday, three vehicles, including a Ford sedan, a Toyota station
wagon and a Holden sedan, crashed about 2 km south of the Mooney Mooney Bridge.

They all pulled over into the breakdown lane but then a Mitsubishi sedan and a semi-trailer
collided, causing the Mitsubishi to careen into the Ford and Toyota.

A Ford station wagon also lost control and crashed into the centre railing.

During this collision the driver of another Ford sedan, a 43-year-old Patonga man who
had stepped out of his car was struck by an unknown vehicle.

He was taken to Gosford Hospital with a fractured femur.

A passenger in the Mitsubishi sedan, a 47-year-old Horseshoe Bend woman, was taken
to Royal North Shore Hospital, where she was treated for bleeding of the spleen and a
small brain hemorrhage.

Two other drivers were taken to Royal North Shore Hospital with minor injuries but
have since been released.

The freeway was closed northbound until after 9pm while police investigated.

Witnesses are urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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KEYWORD: CRASH DAYLEAD

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