By Matt O'Sullivan
Two truck drivers have been flown to hospital with head injuries and multiple fractures after a serious accident near Taree on the NSW Mid North Coast.
Police said a southbound B-double truck crossed to the wrong side of the Pacific Highway at Coolongolook, south of Taree, at about 11.15am on Thursday.
The scene of the accident involving two trucks and a car towing a caravan on the Pacific Highway near Taree on Thursday.Credit: TNV.com.au
It hit a wire in the median strip before it crashed into a northbound truck.
A car towing a caravan was also involved in the crash. Four people are understood to have been travelling in the car but their condition is still unknown.
The Pacific Highway was closed to northbound traffic near Taree following the crash.Credit: TNV.com.au
Emergency crews were confronted by crumpled vehicles and debris strewn along the highway when they were called to the scene, near Willina Road.
They found one man trapped in the cab of each truck, where they remained for an hour before they were pulled out by emergency services..
One of the trucks lay crumpled over a road barrier on its side. Two helicopters and multiple ambulances and fire engines descended on the accident site.
A spokesman for the NSW Ambulance Service said the two truck drivers both had fractures and head injuries.
One was flown by helicopter to Westmead Hospital in Sydney, while the other was flown to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle.
"The scene is quite distressing. There is no information on the injuries or condition of the other four people [in the car]. There are multiple units and two choppers," he said.
Emergency services remained on the scene more than four hours after the crash, as crash investigators examined the road and crews worked to salvage the trucks.
Motorists were advised to avoid the area or allow plenty of extra travel time.
The Pacific Highway has been closed to northbound traffic while two of three southbound lanes have been shut.
Police are diverting northbound traffic via the Lakes Way, apart from B-double trucks which have been advised to use the New England Highway.
Southbound traffic is heavy on the Pacific Highway because only one lane has remained open.
Anyone with information about the crash is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
with Georgina Mitchell