A teenage girl has been killed in one of four fatal crashes on New South Wales roads.
The 17-year-old died following a head-on collision on the state’s north coast about 4pm on Friday.
The girl was the driver of a Holden Barina, which collided head on with a truck at Yippin Creek, about 20km west of Port Macquarie.
Four people have been killed on New South Wales roads over the weekend
The first crash happened about 4pm as a 17-year-old girl collided with a truck at Yippin Creek
The teenager was taken to Port Macquarie Hospital where she died.
The 34-year-old male truck driver was injured, but taken to the same hospital for mandatory blood and urine testing.
The crash was the first of four fatalities on New South Wales roads on Friday.
At Mount White, north of Sydney, a 46-year-old man was killed when two utes and a truck collided on the M1 just before 5pm.
The truck driver was taken to hospital for mandatory testing, but the 25-year-old driver of the second utility allegedly fled the scene.
He was later caught and ordered to face Wyong Local Court on Saturday on numerous driving charges, including dangerous driving occasioning death.
Meanwhile, an 88-year-old man was killed when his car collided with a prime mover in the Northern Rivers region, at Broadwater, around 7pm on Friday.
The 17-year-old girl was taken to Port Macquarie hospital where she died
The 51-year-old driver of the prime mover was not injured, and was been taken to hospital for mandatory testing.
The older man’s medical history will be examined as part of the investigation.
In another crash, in the state’s west, a 29-year-old woman was struck and killed by a Toyota Landcruiser about 11.15pm on Friday.
Initial inquiries suggest the woman was lying on the road at Wentworth when she was hit.
The 50-year-old driver was not injured and he was taken to hospital for testing.
As of March 8 there had been 74 lives lost on New South Wales roads. That is compared with 50 this time last year, according to Transport NSW.