Appeal after car crashes into house – Maitland 

Two men have been hospitalised after a car crash into a home in the Hunter region today.

About 3pm (Sunday 1 May 2022), a Toyota Landcruiser was travelling north on High Street, in the Maitland suburb of Largs, when it left the roadway and hit the front of a home at the intersection of Morpeth Street.

The home sustained structural damage and the occupant, an 84-year-old man, who had been asleep in a front bedroom was injured.

Officers from Port-Stephens Hunter Police District attended along with NSW Ambulance paramedics.

The driver, a 69-year-old man was revived and both he and the 84-year-old man were taken to John Hunter Hospital where they remain in a critical condition. 

A crime scene was established, and the Toyota has been seized for forensic examination.

Initial inquiries suggest the driver have suffered a medical episode prior to the collision.

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