A man is dead and a woman is in hospital after two cars and a truck collided in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales.
Just before midnight, emergency services were called to the New England Highway at Liddell.
They found two cars had collided, followed by a truck hitting both vehicles.
The male driver of a green sedan died at the scene. He is yet to be formally identified.
The female driver of a silver sedan, aged 22, was trapped and had to be freed from the wreckage.
She was treated at the scene before she was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition.
The truck driver, a man believed to be aged in his 40s, was unhurt and taken to hospital for mandatory testing.
An investigation is underway and a report will be prepared for the coroner.
The New England Highway has reopened in both directions near Pikes Gully Road at Liddell.
