Man dies in three-way University Drive crash, two others taken to hospital

The Advertiser

20-05-2025

A man believed to be in his early 50s has died in a multi-vehicle crash in Callaghan yesterday afternoon.
Emergency services were called around 3pm on Monday May 19 to reports of a crash on University Drive, Callaghan.
NSW Police attended and found three vehicles had collided.
The driver of a Subaru was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance before being taken to John Hunter Hospital, where he later died.
A spokesperson for NSW Police said the man was yet to be formally identified but was believed to be 53 years old.
The two other drivers, a 60-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man, were taken to the same hospital for mandatory testing.
Police established a crime scene and started and investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
A report will be prepared for the coroner, police said.
In a separate incident on Monday, police stopped a vehicle around 3.50pm on Hassall Street, Hamilton South about a Firearms Prohibition Order compliance check.
After searching the driver and the vehicle, police allegedly found 11.49 grams of a substance believed to be methamphetamine, 0.8 grams of a substance believed to be heroin and 20 grams of a liquid believe to be gamma-hydroxybutyrate, an illicit party drug.
The 25-year-old male driver was arrested and taken to Newcastle Police Station.
Officers later searched a home on Moate Street, Georgetown where they allegedly found and took a replica revolver firearm in a bedroom.
The man has been charged with six offences including, drive motor vehicle while licence suspended, drive, licence suspended under s 66 Fines Act, supply prohibited drug, two counts of possess prohibited drug, and firearm found at premises subject to prohibition order.
He was refused bail to appear before Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday May 20.
A man believed to be in his early 50s has died in a multi-vehicle crash in Callaghan yesterday afternoon.
Emergency services were called around 3pm on Monday May 19 to reports of a crash on University Drive, Callaghan.
NSW Police attended and found three vehicles had collided.
The driver of a Subaru was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance before being taken to John Hunter Hospital, where he later died.
A spokesperson for NSW Police said the man was yet to be formally identified but was believed to be 53 years old.
The two other drivers, a 60-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man, were taken to the same hospital for mandatory testing.
Police established a crime scene and started and investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
A report will be prepared for the coroner, police said.
In a separate incident on Monday, police stopped a vehicle around 3.50pm on Hassall Street, Hamilton South about a Firearms Prohibition Order compliance check.
After searching the driver and the vehicle, police allegedly found 11.49 grams of a substance believed to be methamphetamine, 0.8 grams of a substance believed to be heroin and 20 grams of a liquid believe to be gamma-hydroxybutyrate, an illicit party drug.
The 25-year-old male driver was arrested and taken to Newcastle Police Station.
Officers later searched a home on Moate Street, Georgetown where they allegedly found and took a replica revolver firearm in a bedroom.
The man has been charged with six offences including, drive motor vehicle while licence suspended, drive, licence suspended under s 66 Fines Act, supply prohibited drug, two counts of possess prohibited drug, and firearm found at premises subject to prohibition order.
He was refused bail to appear before Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday May 20.
A man believed to be in his early 50s has died in a multi-vehicle crash in Callaghan yesterday afternoon.
Emergency services were called around 3pm on Monday May 19 to reports of a crash on University Drive, Callaghan.
NSW Police attended and found three vehicles had collided.
The driver of a Subaru was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance before being taken to John Hunter Hospital, where he later died.
A spokesperson for NSW Police said the man was yet to be formally identified but was believed to be 53 years old.
The two other drivers, a 60-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man, were taken to the same hospital for mandatory testing.
Police established a crime scene and started and investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
A report will be prepared for the coroner, police said.
In a separate incident on Monday, police stopped a vehicle around 3.50pm on Hassall Street, Hamilton South about a Firearms Prohibition Order compliance check.
After searching the driver and the vehicle, police allegedly found 11.49 grams of a substance believed to be methamphetamine, 0.8 grams of a substance believed to be heroin and 20 grams of a liquid believe to be gamma-hydroxybutyrate, an illicit party drug.
The 25-year-old male driver was arrested and taken to Newcastle Police Station.
Officers later searched a home on Moate Street, Georgetown where they allegedly found and took a replica revolver firearm in a bedroom.
The man has been charged with six offences including, drive motor vehicle while licence suspended, drive, licence suspended under s 66 Fines Act, supply prohibited drug, two counts of possess prohibited drug, and firearm found at premises subject to prohibition order.
He was refused bail to appear before Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday May 20.
A man believed to be in his early 50s has died in a multi-vehicle crash in Callaghan yesterday afternoon.
Emergency services were called around 3pm on Monday May 19 to reports of a crash on University Drive, Callaghan.
NSW Police attended and found three vehicles had collided.
The driver of a Subaru was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance before being taken to John Hunter Hospital, where he later died.
A spokesperson for NSW Police said the man was yet to be formally identified but was believed to be 53 years old.
The two other drivers, a 60-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man, were taken to the same hospital for mandatory testing.
Police established a crime scene and started and investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
A report will be prepared for the coroner, police said.
In a separate incident on Monday, police stopped a vehicle around 3.50pm on Hassall Street, Hamilton South about a Firearms Prohibition Order compliance check.
After searching the driver and the vehicle, police allegedly found 11.49 grams of a substance believed to be methamphetamine, 0.8 grams of a substance believed to be heroin and 20 grams of a liquid believe to be gamma-hydroxybutyrate, an illicit party drug.
The 25-year-old male driver was arrested and taken to Newcastle Police Station.
Officers later searched a home on Moate Street, Georgetown where they allegedly found and took a replica revolver firearm in a bedroom.
The man has been charged with six offences including, drive motor vehicle while licence suspended, drive, licence suspended under s 66 Fines Act, supply prohibited drug, two counts of possess prohibited drug, and firearm found at premises subject to prohibition order.
He was refused bail to appear before Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday May 20.