Three people - a man and two women - were flown to hospital suffering serious injuries after their vehicle was involved in a collision with a train south of Dungog Tuesday afternoon.
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Police, Ambulance and two medical helicopter crews rushed to the scene at a rural rail crossing at Wallarobba about 4.40pm, where a Toyota Tarago and train had collided, flipping the car and ejecting one passenger.
The 59-year-old female driver and another 65-year-old female passenger sustained serious injuries. They were freed from the vehicle with assistance from bystanders, and were treated for abdominal, pelvic, shoulder and facial injuries.
A 65-year-old male passenger was thrown from the vehicle and sustained serious pelvic injuries.
They were all treated at the scene by paramedics before being airlifted to John Hunter Hospital where they remain in a serious condition.
The train, meanwhile, was reportedly carrying a driver and nine passengers, including school children, none of whom were injured as a result of the crash.
Inquiries continue.
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Jessica began her journalism career in 2009 as a cadet at The Port Stephens Examiner before moving to London for a two-year stint working in magazines and digital publishing. The Lake Macquarie local returned to Australia where she took up a reporting role at The Maitland Mercury. She worked across several rounds including local council, police and property before moving into digital journalism and joining the team at The Newcastle Herald in 2017.
Jessica began her journalism career in 2009 as a cadet at The Port Stephens Examiner before moving to London for a two-year stint working in magazines and digital publishing. The Lake Macquarie local returned to Australia where she took up a reporting role at The Maitland Mercury. She worked across several rounds including local council, police and property before moving into digital journalism and joining the team at The Newcastle Herald in 2017.
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Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.
