Toddler, woman killed in fiery crash
Emergency services responded on Thursday morning just after 9.30am to reports of a crash on Hat Head Rd near the tiny coastal town of Hat Head.
Officers from the local Mid North Coast Police District found the vehicle engulfed in flames after it collided a tree.
Crews from Fire and Rescue NSW extinguished the fire.
Police found the body of a woman they believed to be in her 20s and a child believed to be two-years-old inside the vehicle.
Both are yet to be formally identified.
Police have established a crime scene and are investigating the cause of the crash.
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