Ambulance NSW and Fire and Rescue NSW crews attended the scene at the Pacific Highway just before 10am.

Two southbound lanes of the highway were closed to traffic while emergency crews attended to the scene, but the road has since re-opened.

Paramedics treated a woman, who was in one of the vehicles when the crash occurred, and she was taken to hospital for observation.

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