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Teenage boy dead, sister in critical condition after horror night on NSW roads
A teenage boy has been killed when the car his older sister was driving collided with a truck in one of three fatal incidents on NSW roads overnight, with the tragedy sparking warnings for parents to remind their children of risks on the roads.
A 20-year-old man and a woman in her 40s were also killed in separate incidents in Sydney on Thursday night, hours before police launched a statewide traffic operation for the King's Birthday long weekend.
The hatchback the 16-year-old was travelling in with his 20-year-old sister and two other relatives collided with a truck at the intersection of the Hume Highway and Worth Street at Greenacre just after 8pm, police said.
One of the rear passengers was flung from the car, with police investigating whether the occupants, who are all related, were wearing seatbelts and if speed was a factor in the collision.
'It's every parent's worst nightmare that one of your children, let alone two of them, are involved in a collision that takes a life,' Superintendent Anthony Boyd said.
'We need to encourage parents to have that conversation that these things are real.
'Young people are at risk on our roads, and they, unfortunately, are over-represented in collisions for that age group, and we need to make sure that they are aware of the dangers.'
A second boy in the hatchback was rushed to The Children's Hospital at Westmead in a critical condition. The boy's sister was taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition, while a man in the car was taken to the same hospital in a stable condition.
The truck remained at the scene on Friday morning as crash investigators gathered evidence, Nine reported. The Hume Highway was closed eastbound overnight, reopening just before 8am on Friday morning.
