NSW: W'gong police officer killed, six injured in head-on collision

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2008
NSW: W'gong police officer killed, six injured in head-on collision

SYDNEY, April 20 AAP - An off-duty police officer has been killed and another seriously
injured in a head-on collision near Sydney in which five other people, including three
children, were hurt.

A colleague of the two police officers, all based in the Wollongong Local Area Command,
was first on the scene, police said.

The female officer, aged in her late 20s, died at the scene of the crash on Picton
Road at Cataract at 1pm (AEST) today, they said.

A male police officer, also aged in his late 20s, who was seated in the front passenger
seat of the car being driven by the woman was airlifted to Liverpool Hospital with serious
spinal injuries.

Three young children in the rear of the car escaped with minor injuries.

The female driver of the second car was taken to St George Hospital with multiple injuries
and was in a stable condition.

A man in the same car was treated for minor injuries.

Police said they were yet to confirm the relationships between the people involved in the crash.

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