A man has died after a two-vehicle crash in the state\u2019s Hunter Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 7.30pm yesterday (Friday 7 August 2026), emergency services responded to reports of a head on crash between a silver Audi hatch back and a blue Volkswagen Amarok 4WD along Freemans Drive, Freemans Waterhole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the 29-year-old male driver and sole occupant of the Audi but he died at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 53-year-old female driver and a 54-year-old male passenger of the Volkswagen were treated by paramedics and taken to John Hunter Hospital in a serious but stable condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers from Lake Macquarie Police District established a crime scene that will be examined by specialist police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As inquiries continue police are urging anyone with information about the matter \u2013 or was in the area at the time with any relevant mobile phone\/dashcam footage \u2013 to contact Belmont Police Station or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A man has died after a two-vehicle crash in the state\u2019s Hunter Region. About 7.30pm yesterday (Friday 7 August 2026), emergency services responded to reports of a head on crash between a silver Audi hatch back and a blue Volkswagen Amarok 4WD along Freemans Drive, Freemans Waterhole. NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the 29-year-old male driver … Continue reading “Man dies in two vehicle crash \u2013 Freemans Waterhole”<\/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-40302","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\/40302","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=40302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40303,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40302\/revisions\/40303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}