A passenger has died following a crash at Lake Macquarie overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 12.15am (Sunday 14 April 2024), emergency services were called to Freemans Drive, Cooranbong, following reports of a crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Subaru Impreza was reportedly travelling northbound when it lost control and crashed into the rear of a Hyundai Santa Fe \u2013 a fully marked mobile speed camera vehicle – parked on the side of the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The passenger \u2013 a 18-year-old man \u2013 was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics; however, he died at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The driver \u2013 also aged 18 \u2013 was freed by emergency services and taken to John Hunter Hospital for treatment. He also went mandatory testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 43-year-old man seated in the Hyundai, suffered minor injuries and did not require treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers from Lake Macquarie Police District established a crime scene which will be forensically examined by specialist officers from the Crash Investigation Unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An investigation is underway into the circumstances surrounding the crash and a report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A passenger has died following a crash at Lake Macquarie overnight. About 12.15am (Sunday 14 April 2024), emergency services were called to Freemans Drive, Cooranbong, following reports of a crash. A Subaru Impreza was reportedly travelling northbound when it lost control and crashed into the rear of a Hyundai Santa Fe \u2013 a fully marked … Continue reading “Fatal crash – Lake Macquarie”<\/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-26145","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\/26145","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=26145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26146,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26145\/revisions\/26146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}