NSW: Car crash causes road closure .
01 Jan 2009 10:24 AM
SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Traffic congestion on the Hume Highway has eased after rescuers airlifted two children injured in a car accident from the road by helicopter.
About 7.45am (AEDT) on Thursday, a vehicle travelling south on the Hume Highway, near Sutton Forrest, crashed into a tree, injuring three children.
A seven-year-old girl was airlifted to The Children's Hospital at Westmead by an ambulance rescue helicopter.
A ten-year-old boy was airlifted to Royal Prince of Wales hospital.
A third child, a twelve-year-old girl, was taken by road to The Children's Hospital at Westmead.
The 42-year-old female driver was also taken by road to Westmead hospital.
A fifth person in the vehicle was uninjured.
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