NSW:Man dies when car and bus collide

AAP General News (Australia)
08-18-2010
NSW:Man dies when car and bus collide

SYDNEY, Aug 18 AAP - A young man has died after being freed from the wreckage of his
car following a collision with a bus in NSW's Hunter region.

Police said the smash occurred on Wollombi Road, about 1km south of Old North Road
near Farley, about 3pm (AEST) on Wednesday.

A Daewoo and a school bus, which wasn't carrying passengers, collided on an 80km/h
stretch of road.

A 19-year-old man from Aberdare was trapped inside the car until freed by volunteers.

He died aboard the Westpac rescue helicopter on the way to John Hunter Hospital.

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