Three crashes in four hours claim two lives

Three major car accidents in the space of four hours on one fateful night has claimed two lives.

At about 6.45pm on Friday, September 13, emergency services were called to The Entrance Rd, near Crystal St at Forresters Beach, following reports of a two-vehicle collision.

Officers attached to Brisbane Water Police District attended and were told two vehicles travelling in the opposite direction collided head on.

The driver of the sedan, a 53-year-old man, died at the scene.

The driver of the utility vehicle, a 30-year-old man, and his passenger, a 29-year-old woman, were treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics at the scene and taken to hospital, both in a stable condition.

About two hours later at 8.30pm emergency services were again called out to a head-on collision involving two vehicles, this time on Empire Bay Rd at Empire Bay.

The driver of one vehicle, a woman believed to be in her 20s, died at the scene.

The second vehicle left the roadway and was located down an embankment.

The driver, a woman believed to be in her 30s, was trapped for a short time before being released by Fire & Rescue NSW.

She was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics at the scene before being taken to hospital in a serious condition.

A crime scene was established and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash has commenced.

Then, at about 10.30pm, Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called in by NSW Ambulance to assist a man in a serious condition following a four-car crash at West Gosford.

A driver, a 76-year-old man, was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics at the scene before being airlifted to hospital in a serious condition.

Another man aged in his 70s was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics and the helicopter’s critical care medical team for multiple injuries before being transported to John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition.

Brisbane Water Police attended the accident on Central Coast Hwy, approximately 40m east of Racecourse Rd, West Gosford where four cars were involved in a nose-to-tail collision.

A woman driver, aged 40, was treated at the scene and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The other two drivers were uninjured.

An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash has commenced.

As inquiries continue into these three accidents police are requesting that anyone with information, CCTV, dashcam and/or mobile phone footage in relation to these incidents is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au