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Man critical after roo crashes into ute
AAP
A driver has been critically injured after being hit by a kangaroo in a freak accident near Lithgow in NSW.
About 7.20pm on Friday, a Holden Commodore travelling on Pipers Flat Road hit a kangaroo, sending it flying into the windscreen of a Ford Falcon ute approaching from the opposite direction.
The ute driver, a 32-year-old man, lost control and hit the guard rails. He suffered serious head and facial injuries and has been airlifted to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition. The Holden driver, a 19-year-old man, and two female passengers were uninjured.
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