Infant survives fatal Hume Highway crash, woman dies
A woman has died and an infant is in a stable condition after a car left the Hume Highway and hit a tree near Gundagai. The child was airlifted to Canberra Hospital.
A woman has died and an infant is in a stable condition after a car left the Hume Highway and hit a tree near Gundagai. The child was airlifted to Canberra Hospital.
A 55-year-old woman has died after her car left the road and struck a tree on Whettem Road in Waroona. Major Crash investigators are appealing for witnesses.
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