Daily Archives: 15/02/2015

Woman dies after collision at Jugiong

A woman has died in hospital after a collision in the state’s south on Tuesday (10 February 2015).

Police have been told a truck was travelling north on the Hume Highway at Jugiong when it collided with the back of a Toyota Coaster van about 12.15am.

The truck driver was not injured.

Also uninjured were the van’s driver and front-seat passenger, both men aged 24.

A 26-year-old woman, a Canadian national, was asleep and unrestrained in the back of the van.

She sustained critical head and internal injuries.

The woman was taken to Canberra Hospital, where she died about 9pm yesterday (Saturday 14 February 2015).

Police from Cootamundra Local Area Command are continuing their investigation into this incident.