A TODDLER was critically injured and three adults were seriously injured in a horror head-on crash on the Mitchell Highway east of Orange just after 3pm yesterday afternoon.
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Last night the three-year-old boy was being stabilised to be flown to Westmead Children’s Hospital for specialist treatment and a decision was to be made as to whether the other adults involved in the crash would be flown by fixed wing aircraft.
Emergency services rushed to the area after the two vehicles collided head-on around 500 metres west of the Blayney/Millthorpe turnoff.
A senior intensive care specialist from Orange hospital was among the first on the scene and began treating occupants with some medical equipment provided by Orange Fire Brigade until ambulances arrived.
Five ambulances and a NSW Ambulance helicopter deployed from Sydney converged on the scene, with traffic diverted around the crash site through Spring Hill.
When emergency services workers arrived the female passenger of an XR6 Ford was on the ground outside the vehicle while her partner was trapped in the driver’s seat and had to be cut from the vehicle.
A three-year-old boy was still in his child restraint when he was removed by ambulance officers after Fire Rescue used cutting equipment to take the roof off the vehicle and cut the dashboard away from the driver.
An elderly male driving the other vehicle, an early model Ford, was stabilised in the vehicle before being transported to Orange hospital.
According to eye-witnesses at the crash scene the vehicle with the couple and young child was heading towards Bathurst and the vehicle with the elderly male was travelling towards Orange.
Police remained at the scene until late last night and were not able to release any more information about the crash.
The Lucknow Rural Fire Service also responded to the crash site.Full details of the injuries of the occupants of both vehicles were unavailable last night.
A second helicopter was deployed from Sydney, as the Orange-based rescue helicopter was responding to a medical emergency at Grenfell at the time.