NSW teenager dies as family car crashes

A teenage girl has died after being thrown from her family car in a horror crash on the NSW mid north coast.

The family of seven were driving up the coast on the Pacific Highway near Port Macquarie on Thursday morning when a van pulled out from the verge on the highway and collided with them.

The car rolled several times and the 16-year-old girl was thrown from it and died at the scene.

The other family members to John Hunter Hospital, with one suffering head injuries.

The van driver was taken to Port Macquarie Base Hospital for mandatory tests.

Meanwhile, an elderly man has died in hospital after a crash in northern NSW about a week ago.

The 87-year-old was a passenger in the car when it veered down an embankment, through a paddock fence, crashing 30 metres from the highway.

He was airlifted to Tamworth Base Hospital but died on Tuesday, police say, while the 77-year-old female driver is recovering in Warialda Hospital.