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'Grateful to be here': Dubbo crash victim describes horror
A survivor of a multi-vehicle crash near Dubbo in central west New South Wales says he remembers being pulled from his car following the collision that left two dead and 10 others injured.
Dubbo crash victims:
- 20-year-old male at Dubbo Base Hospital with cuts to the face and arm and lower back injuries
- 24-year-old female with head injury transferred to Royal North Shore in a serious but stable condition
- 26-year-old female with pelvic injury, in a stable condition at Dubbo Base Hospital
- 52-year-old female with a shoulder and wrist injury, in a stable condition at Dubbo Base Hospital
- Two-year-old taken to Dubbo Base Hospital with minor cut and then discharged
- 50-year-old male at Liverpool Hospital with significant pelvic and leg injuries
- 18-year-old male with burns to the back transferred to Concord Hospital in a stable condition
- Two others taken to hospital with minor injuries
- One other patient: no details
Jhamaine Reid was in a car with his family when a semi-trailer carrying concrete barriers allegedly ploughed into a line of traffic stopped at roadworks about 20 kilometres north of Dubbo on Tuesday.
"It was such a tragic day. I can't imagine, the family, how they are feeling," Mr Reid said.
"I am just grateful to be here. Bloody oath."
NSW Police said they believed four cars, a B-double truck and utility vehicle were stopped at a roadworks site when they were hit from behind by the semi-trailer.
An 18-year-old man was freed from his car and another person was freed from a truck after being trapped for more than four hours.
Mr Reid, who was visiting from Sydney, said he was travelling to Dubbo for a day of shopping.
However the 20-year-old cannot recall the impact.
"I don't actually remember the actual collision, but I remember a guy walking past, a by-passer, he pulled over and he grabbed me out of the car and said 'mate, jump out'," Mr Reid said.
Mr Reid said the first thing he did was rescue his two-year-old niece from the wreckage.
"She was crying. [I] automatically got her out, had to get her out," he said.
Of the 10 people injured, Mr Reid said his niece was one of the first to leave hospital.
"We've all got cuts and bruises, but she's fine," Mr Reid said.
The two Bathurst university students killed in the crash were identified yesterday as Gilgandra local Hannah Ferguson, 19, and her 21-year-old boyfriend Reagen Skinner.
The university has offered its sympathies, and said it was offering counselling to staff and friends of the students.
Police are investigating the cause of the crash.
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