{"id":3758,"date":"2016-04-12T10:15:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T00:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.australianbroadcastingmedia.com.au\/publishing\/?p=3758"},"modified":"2016-04-12T10:15:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T00:15:33","slug":"witnesses-sought-after-fatal-crash-duri-near-tamworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/2016\/04\/12\/witnesses-sought-after-fatal-crash-duri-near-tamworth\/","title":{"rendered":"Witnesses sought after fatal crash &#8211; Duri, near Tamworth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a fatal crash in the state\u2019s north.<\/p>\n<p>About 3.30pm today (Monday 11 April 2016), a Hyundai Elantra was travelling north on Werris Creek Road, Duri, towards Tamworth, when it collided head on with a Hyundai i30 travelling in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the i30, a 76-year-old man, suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene. His passenger, a 77-year-old woman, was taken to Tamworth Hospital suffering a possible broken eye socket and a broken arm.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old driver of the Elantra was airlifted to John Hunter Hospital where he is suffering serious internal injuries. He is in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Police from Northern Tablelands Crash Investigation Unit attended the scene and conducted inquiries. The road was closed for about five and a half hours as investigations took place.<\/p>\n<p>Police are appealing for any witnesses to the crash to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, they are asking for a man who was travelling behind the Elantra, and claimed to have witnessed the lead-up to the crash, as well as the crash itself, to come forward and tell police what he saw.<\/p>\n<p>The man left the scene before police arrived and his details were not obtained.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses are urged to contact Northern Tablelands Crash Investigation Unit on (02) 6768 2890 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a fatal crash in the state\u2019s north. About 3.30pm today (Monday 11 April 2016), a Hyundai Elantra was travelling north on Werris Creek Road, Duri, towards Tamworth, when it collided head on with a Hyundai i30 travelling in the opposite direction. The driver of the i30, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/2016\/04\/12\/witnesses-sought-after-fatal-crash-duri-near-tamworth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Witnesses sought after fatal crash &#8211; Duri, near Tamworth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tcrn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}