A man was trapped for seven hours in the wreckage of a fatal truck crash on the Hume Highway near Yass, NSW. Emergency services worked tirelessly for hours to free him, eventually airlifting him to hospital in a critical condition. The crash, involving two B-double trucks, occurred just after 1am, resulting in the death of one driver at the scene. Southbound lanes of the highway remain closed, while one northbound lane is open.
Two B-double trucks crashed on the Hume Highway near Yass just after 1am.Police are investigating the crash with the highway partially blocked.A man has been flown to hospital in a critical condition after he was trapped in wreckage for seven hours following a fatal truck crash in southern NSW.
Superintendent Dewberry said paramedics worked to stabilise the driver while firefighters worked to "cut, push spread, and lift" the wreckage apart.(A heavy-haulage tow truck was also on the scene to pull the trucks apart to get the wreckage away from the driver.
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