Two drivers are in a critical condition after a two-vehicle crash in the Lake Macquarie region earlier today.
About 9.30am (Saturday 18 July 2020), emergency services were called to Wyee Road, Wyee, after reports a Jeep and a Hyundai Santa Fe collided head-on.
The Jeep driver and sole occupant, a 37-year-old man, was trapped for an hour before being released.
The Hyundai driver, a 48-year-old woman, was also trapped and released.
Her passenger, a 13-year-old boy, was not trapped and sustained a suspected broken arm.
Both drivers were treated at the scene before being taken to John Hunter Hospital in critical conditions.
Officers from Lake Macquarie Police District have established a crime scene, which will be examined by the specialist police from the Crash Investigation Unit.
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