Hume Highway, Alpine
Police are investigating following a three-vehicle crash on the Hume Highway on Sunday afternoon.
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About 12.30pm on February 25, emergency services were called to the scene at Alpine, following reports of a multi-vehicle crash.
Police from Hume Police District located the driver of one vehicle, a man, suffering serious pelvic and leg injuries.
A man driving a second vehicle and a female passenger, both believed to be aged in their 20s, suffered serious fractures and abdominal injuries.
All three were taken to Liverpool Hospital in a serious condition.
The driver of a third vehicle, a 37-year-old woman, was treated for shock and taken to Bowral Hospital.
Officers from the Crash Investigation Unit established a crime scene and are investigating.
Kings Highway, Warri
Police will also prepare a report for the Coroner following a fatal crash near Braidwood on Sunday.
On February 25, about 1.15pm, emergency services were called to bushland near the Kings Highway.
The call-out was in response to reports that a car had crashed into a tree at Warri.
On arrival, officers from the Monaro Police District found a man inside a Nissan Patrol 4WD.
He was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics, but the 63-year-old died at the scene.
Inquiries into the crash continue.
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to these incidents to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page at nsw.crimestoppers.com.au
Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence.
Please do not report crime information via the Crime Stoppers social media pages.
4.45pm
Police and emergency services personnel are reminding drivers to take care on the road in the rain.
They have been attending several distressing scenes throughout Sunday afternoon, including:
- A serious motor vehicle accident (MVA) on the Kings Highway near Manar, where a vehicle crashed into a tree and one person was trapped;
- An accident at Marulan between the checking station and service centres. A car has run off the road into the medium strip between the two lanes on the Hume Highway, but no injuries are reported;
- A car has run into a creek on Pejar Road near Crookwell. A person has been freed from the vehicle and vehicle has been removed from floodwaters;
- The railway underpass at Blackshaw Road, Goulburn has been closed, with water levels have risen and subsided a couple of times today. Goulburn Golf Club has been asked to keep watch on water levels in the river;
- Two cars have collided on Brewer Street and Taralga Road, Goulburn. Ambulance on the scene also called for police backup to manage traffic control; and
- All northbound lanes have reopened on the Hume Motorway at Colo Vale following a serious three-car crash.
Northbound lanes of the motorway had been closed between the Franklin Road underpass and the Hume Motorway on ramp. Diversions have now been lifted at the Old Hume Highway at Welby.
Traffic remains very heavy northbound on the Hume Motorway between Berima and Welby and the Old Hume Highway and Bowral Road in to Mittagong.
Motorists are advised to continue to allow plenty of additional travel time until traffic returns to normal.
For real-time traffic information, go to livetraffic.com
1.45pm
The Hume Highway is closed northbound at Colo Vale due to a three car crash near Church Avenue.
Northbound traffic is being diverted onto the Old Hume Highway at Welby and through Mittagong to rejoin the motorway.
All emergency services are on scene, while two rescue helicopters and traffic crews are attending.
Traffic is very heavy through Welby and Mittagong townships.
Motorists are advised to allow plenty of additional travel time and exercise caution.
