{"id":10253,"date":"2021-02-14T00:04:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T00:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=10253"},"modified":"2021-02-14T00:04:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T00:04:57","slug":"police-investigate-truck-and-car-crash-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/02\/14\/police-investigate-truck-and-car-crash-newcastle\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigate truck and car crash \u2013 Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation is underway after five people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in the Newcastle area yesterday.<br \/>\nJust after <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/2\">7.30pm<\/a> (Saturday 13 February 2021), emergency services were called to Gordon Avenue, Hamilton, after reports of a crash between an Audi A4 and Hyundai Mighty small rigid truck.<br \/>\nPolice have been told the vehicles collided near Everton Street, causing the Audi to hit a power pole, with the truck coming to rest on its side on top of the Audi.<br \/>\nThe driver of the Audi, a 26-year-old man, was assessed at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics.<br \/>\nHe was taken to John Hunter Hospital for treatment and mandatory testing, along with his passenger, a 31-year-old man, who suffered a suspected broken arm.<br \/>\nThe truck driver, a 46-year-old man, was trapped for a short time and freed by Police Rescue.<br \/>\nThe other occupants, a 41-year-old woman and a four-year-old boy, were able to free themselves. All three were taken to John Hunter Hospital for treatment for minor injuries.<br \/>\nOfficers from Newcastle City Police District established a crime scene, which was examined by specialist police from the Hunter Crash Investigation Unit.<br \/>\nInvestigations into the circumstances surrounding the crash are ongoing, and anyone who may have dashcam footage or information is urged to come forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation is underway after five people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in the Newcastle area yesterday. Just after 7.30pm (Saturday 13 February 2021), emergency services were called to Gordon Avenue, Hamilton, after reports of a crash between an Audi A4 and Hyundai Mighty small rigid truck. Police have been told the vehicles collided &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/02\/14\/police-investigate-truck-and-car-crash-newcastle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Police investigate truck and car crash \u2013 Newcastle&#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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}