A teenager has died in a single-vehicle crash in the state\u2019s Hunter Valley yesterday.
\nAbout 8pm (Wednesday 30 September 2020), emergency services were called to Mount View Road, Mount View, following reports a Ford Falcon had left the roadway and crashed into a tree.
\nThe male driver \u2013 and sole occupant of the vehicle \u2013 suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene. He is yet to be formally identified, however is believed to be an 18-year-old.
\nOfficers from Hunter Valley Police District attended and established a crime scene.
\nPolice have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
\nA report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A teenager has died in a single-vehicle crash in the state\u2019s Hunter Valley yesterday. About 8pm (Wednesday 30 September 2020), emergency services were called to Mount View Road, Mount View, following reports a Ford Falcon had left the roadway and crashed into a tree. The male driver \u2013 and sole occupant of the vehicle \u2013 … Continue reading “Teenager dies in single-vehicle crash near Cessnock”<\/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-8472","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\/8472","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=8472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}