2LT Local News
Man dead after car leaves highway and crashes at Blayney
Jan 27, 2019
BATHURST, Central West, NSW, Australia – A 76-year old man has died in a single-vehicle crash in the state’s Central West.
Two people were travelling in a Subaru Forester on Mid-Western Highway at Blayney Saturday afternoon, when the car left the highway and crashed into a nearby paddock.
Emergency services received a call about the crash around 1:45pm on Saturday and rushed to the scene.
Both occupants of the vehicle, local people from the village of Lyndhurst in the Blayney Shire, were injured. The man, 76, who was driving the car, died at the scene. His female passenger, a 69-year old woman was treated NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Bathurst Hospital suffering neck pain. The pair
Officers from Chifley Police District are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash. Initial inquiries suggest the man may have suffered a medical episode.
