Daily Archives: 16/03/2016

Fatal crash – Cooranbong

A man has died after a car and bus collided in the Lake Macquarie region.
About 3.40pm (Tuesday 15 March 2016) police were called to Freemans Drive, Cooranbong, after a car collided with a school bus with about 30 school children on board.

The male driver of the car died at the scene. He was the sole occupant. He is not yet identified.

None of the school children were injured. They are being moved onto another bus to be conveyed from the scene.

Police from Lake Macquarie Local Area Command are conducting inquiries at the scene.

Freemans Drive is closed in both directions, diversions are in place.

No further information is available at this stage.

Motorcyclist dies following crash near Goulburn

Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist died following a two-vehicle crash near Goulburn on the weekend.

About 5.50pm (Sunday 13 March 2016), an 18-year-old man was riding a motorcycle south along the Hume Highway.

As the man approached Yarra, near Goulburn, he collided with the rear of a Toyota sedan travelling in the same direction, and he was thrown from the motorcycle.

Emergency services were called and the motorcyclist was treated at the scene, before being airlifted to Canberra Hospital in a critical condition.

The 26-year-old female driver of the Toyota was uninjured and taken to Goulburn Base Hospital for mandatory testing.

Yesterday (Monday 14 March 2016), the man died in hospital.

Officers attached to The Hume Local Area Command are investigating the incident, and are appealing for any witnesses who have not yet spoken to police to come forward.

A report will be prepared for the Coroner.