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Man dies in Upper Hunter fatal crash on remote rural road
Police say the vehicle left Cullingral Road and hit an embankment, and the man died at the scene as investigators prepare a coroner’s report.
- On Easter Sunday, a motorbike rider died following a crash on Cullingral Road near Merriwa in the Upper Hunter. Emergency services responded to the scene about 9:15pm after reports of the collision.
- Officers attached to the Hunter Valley Police District found a single vehicle that had left the road and crashed into an embankment, with the motorbike rider trapped underneath a nearby vehicle.
- Despite efforts by NSW Ambulance paramedics to treat the man for critical injuries at the scene, he could not be saved. The rider remains yet to be formally identified.
- A report will be prepared for the coroner as officers have commenced investigations into the circumstances of the fatal crash. The inquiry will examine the events leading to the collision.
- Merriwa, situated approximately 70km north west of Muswellbrook, remains the focus of the ongoing investigation in the remote Upper Hunter region where the weekend collision occurred.
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Police investigate fatal weekend crash on Cullingral Road at Merriwa
Hunter Valley Police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash on Cullingral Road, Merriwa, where a man died overnight. Find out more about the circumstances of this tragic incident.
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