{"id":12130,"date":"2021-07-16T04:48:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T04:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=12130"},"modified":"2021-07-16T04:48:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T04:48:05","slug":"serious-two-vehicle-crash-pelaw-main","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/07\/16\/serious-two-vehicle-crash-pelaw-main\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious two vehicle crash &#8211; Pelaw Main"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police remain at the scene of a serious head-on crash in the Hunter region this afternoon.<br \/>\nEmergency services were called to Leggetts Drive, about 1km south of Pelaw Main, about 3.15pm (Thursday 15 July 2021), following reports a Toyota Corolla and a Ford Territory collided head-on.<br \/>\nThe male driver of the Toyota was trapped by confinement for a short time, he was extricated and airlifted to John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition.<br \/>\nThe female driver of the Ford was able to free herself from the vehicle, she was assessed at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics.<br \/>\nOfficers from Hunter Valley Police District established a crime scene, which will be examined by specialist police from the Crash Investigation Unit.<br \/>\nAn investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash is underway.<br \/>\nLeggetts Drive is closed in both directions and will be for some time, local diversions are in place for north and southbound motorists at Whitebridge Road and Greta Street \u2013 for the latest traffic information please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livetraffic.com.au\/\">www.livetraffic.com.au<\/a>.<br \/>\nMotorists are urged to avoid the area as peak hour approaches.<br \/>\nAs inquiries continue, anyone with information about the crash is urged to come forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police remain at the scene of a serious head-on crash in the Hunter region this afternoon. Emergency services were called to Leggetts Drive, about 1km south of Pelaw Main, about 3.15pm (Thursday 15 July 2021), following reports a Toyota Corolla and a Ford Territory collided head-on. The male driver of the Toyota was trapped by &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/07\/16\/serious-two-vehicle-crash-pelaw-main\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Serious two vehicle crash &#8211; Pelaw Main&#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-12130","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\/12130","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=12130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}