Emergency services respond to truck, car crash
UPDATE 5.30PM: Emergency services have worked to clear the site of a collision between a truck and a car on the Pacific Highway south of Grafton near Bom Bom.
All lanes of the Pacific Hwy are now open at Bom Bom and traffic conditions are back to normal.
— Live Traffic NSW (@LiveTrafficNSW) August 5, 2019
The crash marked a horror 24 hours on Clarence Valley roads. A two-car crash at Cowper on the Pacific Highway saw northbound traffic affected for a period.
A 47-year-old man died at the scene of a single-vehicle crash near Maclean on Sunday evening.
EARLIER: TRAFFIC has been impacted in both directions following a crash between a truck and a car on the Pacific Highway south of Grafton this afternoon.
The collision between the truck and car occurred around 4.41pm today at Bom Bom, at the intersection of the Pacific Highway and Centenary Dr.
Emergency services are attending the scene, and initial reports indicate four people have been treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics.
BOM BOM (SOUTH OF GRAFTON): Allow extra travel time in both directions on the Pacific Hwy due to a truck and car crash at Centenary Dr.
— Live Traffic NSW (@LiveTrafficNSW) August 5, 2019
Traffic is blocked in both directions, and motorists are advised to exercise caution and allow extra travel time.
The crash comes after an earlier incident at Cowper, where two cars collided at the end of the northbound overtaking lane of the highway.