{"id":8808,"date":"2020-10-21T04:35:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T04:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=8808"},"modified":"2020-10-21T04:35:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T04:35:19","slug":"woman-airlifted-after-serious-crash-lake-macquarie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/10\/21\/woman-airlifted-after-serious-crash-lake-macquarie\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman airlifted after serious crash \u2013 Lake Macquarie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman has been airlifted to hospital after a serious crash at Lake Macquarie this morning.<br \/>\nAbout <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/2\">6.15am<\/a> (Wednesday 21 October 2020), emergency services were called to the M1 at Morisset, following reports a Toyota Hi-Ace van had left the roadway and crashed.<br \/>\nPolice were told the Toyota and a Kenworth B-double prime mover were both travelling north when the truck has attempted to change lanes. The Toyota attempted to take evasive action and has lost control causing the vehicle to leave the roadway and roll.<br \/>\nThe Toyota driver, a 36-year-old woman, was trapped for a short time before being released by Fire and Rescue NSW.<br \/>\nShe was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being airlifted to John Hunter Hospital where she underwent surgery for a fractured arm and head injuries.<br \/>\nThe truck driver, a 34-year-old man, was uninjured.<br \/>\nOfficers attached to Lake Macquarie Police District attended and commenced inquiries into the cause of the crash.<br \/>\nPolice are urging anyone who may have dashcam footage of the incident to contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman has been airlifted to hospital after a serious crash at Lake Macquarie this morning. About 6.15am (Wednesday 21 October 2020), emergency services were called to the M1 at Morisset, following reports a Toyota Hi-Ace van had left the roadway and crashed. Police were told the Toyota and a Kenworth B-double prime mover were &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/10\/21\/woman-airlifted-after-serious-crash-lake-macquarie\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Woman airlifted after serious crash \u2013 Lake Macquarie&#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-8808","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\/8808","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=8808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}