Two men have died and two have been injured after a crash in Newcastle\u2019s north-western suburbs overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emergency services were called to Maitland Road, Mayfield East, about 11.15pm (Saturday 30 August 2025), after a maroon Toyota Corolla left the road and struck a power pole, catching alight on impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The driver, a 24-year-old man, and the driver\u2019s-side back-seat passenger, a 19-year-old man, were assisted from the wreckage by passers-by; however, the remaining two passengers were trapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers from Fire and Rescue NSW arrived on-site and were able to remove the two remaining occupants, who were taken to John Hunter Hospital suffering critical burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police have been advised both men \u2013 believed to be aged in their 20s \u2013 have now died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers from Newcastle City Police District understand all four men are students in Australia and police are now working with officials from the High Commission of Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The driver remains under guard in hospital undergoing treatment for minor injuries. The second man has also been taken to hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators are now appealing for anyone with information about the crash to contact Newcastle Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two men have died and two have been injured after a crash in Newcastle\u2019s north-western suburbs overnight. Emergency services were called to Maitland Road, Mayfield East, about 11.15pm (Saturday 30 August 2025), after a maroon Toyota Corolla left the road and struck a power pole, catching alight on impact. The driver, a 24-year-old man, and … Continue reading “Two dead, two injured when crashed car catches fire near Newcastle”<\/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-34608","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\/34608","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=34608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34609,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34608\/revisions\/34609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}