Two people are dead and a third is fighting for life after a fiery crash on the NSW North Coast.
Emergency services rushed to the Pacific Highway about 25 kilometres south of Coffs Harbour, when reports of the crash came in about 12.40am today.
Witnesses said the car crashed into a tree and caught fire at Bonville, where the major highway remained closed into the morning.
Police said the female driver and a male passenger – thought to be 20 and 21 – died before paramedics could get there but a second man was able to pull himself from the vehicle.
The surviving 20-year-old was rushed to Coffs Harbour Health Campus in a critical condition and firefighters extinguished the blaze.
Police said the two people who died were yet to be formally identified.
They set up northbound traffic diversions stretching from Mailmans Track Road to Archiville Station Road and urged motorists to avoid the area.
Anyone with information or footage of the incident should call Coffs Harbour police or contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
