Urunga, New South Wales: Two people were killed and seven hospitalised after a truck smashed into a home in the Australian state of New South Wales early on Saturday morning.
The B-double truck collided with a utility car on a highway at Urunga, south of Coffs Harbour, before hurtling off the road and smashing into the house at about 5 am local time.
The driver of the car, aged in his 20s, and an 11-year-old boy sleeping in his bedroom were killed.
A local resident described she heard a "big crashing thump" when the truck hit the house.
The boy's family was trapped in the house for some time, police said.
His 14-year-old brother, who was also asleep in the house when the crash occurred, was treated by paramedics for minor injuries.
He was in a stable condition in hospital, along with four people who suffered minor limb injuries in the house next door.
A 31-year-old male passenger in the truck suffered a head injury along with spinal and limb injuries. The truck's driver, a 40-year-old man, was treated for chest and limb injuries.
They were also taken to hospital and are in a serious condition.
The accident, which happened on a notorious stretch of a highway that has a history of bad accidents, has blocked traffic in both directions.
The B-double truck collided with a utility car on a highway at Urunga, south of Coffs Harbour, before hurtling off the road and smashing into the house at about 5 am local time.
The driver of the car, aged in his 20s, and an 11-year-old boy sleeping in his bedroom were killed.
The boy's family was trapped in the house for some time, police said.
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He was in a stable condition in hospital, along with four people who suffered minor limb injuries in the house next door.
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They were also taken to hospital and are in a serious condition.
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