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All lanes of the Princes Highway have reopened at Frogs Hollow (south of Bega) following a car accident about one kilometre south of Wanatta Lane.
Stop/slow conditions were in place at the accident site but have now been lifted.
Traffic is returning to normal in the area.
For the latest traffic information, visit www.livetraffic.com or call 132 701.
UPDATE 11am:
Paramedics and other emergency services have worked for almost three hours with a man in his 60s who was trapped in his car.
The man has been freed from the wreckage of his vehicle and is being transported to The Canberra Hospital in a critical condition. The road is not expected to open for at least another 15 minutes.
UPDATE, 10am:
A CAR crash has closed the Princes Hwy at Frog’s Hollow.
About 9.45am emergency services were still working to free the man trapped in the car, who was in a critical condition.
Detective Sergeant Justin Marks said they hoped to free the driver soon and transport him to Canberra Hospital.
Around 7.20am on Monday morning the vehicle, a Hyundai, was travelling along the Princes Hwy to Bega from Merimbula.
“On a straight part of the highway the vehicle, consisting of one male, has left the road for unknown reasons at an unknown speed and collided with a tree,” Detective Sergeant Marks said.
“At this stage the male is trapped by confinement, which means he is significantly trapped.
“The emergency services and police first on scene were greatly assisted by an off-duty nurse from Bega Hospital, who stopped by as she was returning home from her shift.”
The local police, ambulance services, Volunteer Rescue Association and Rural Fire Service attended the scene.
The Snowy Hydro SouthCare Helicopter landed around 9am with a doctor and a paramedic, who began treating the trapped man and assisting the other emergency services.
“The Princes Hwy has been closed in both directions with road diversions in place by the RMS,” Detective Sergeant Marks said.
He said the highway would remain closed until the driver was freed but was unsure when that would occur.
After the driver is freed, the area will be processed by Bega detectives.
9.15am:
The driver of a car is in a serious condition and currently trapped after hitting a tree close to Wolumla this morning.
A NSW Ambulance spokesman said that the Snowy Hydro SouthCare helicopter was currently at the site at 9am and that emergency services were working to free the trapped person.
The spokesman said that it was a single vehicle accident and that paramedics had been called at 7.26am this morning to the Princes Highway.
Police have said that the highway is closed in both directions about one kilometre south of Wanatta Lane in Frogs Hollow due to a car accident.
Southbound traffic is being diverted away from the accident site via Candelo Road, Wyndham Lane and Wolumla Road.
Northbound traffic is being diverted via Wolumla Road, Wyndham Lane and Candelo Road.
This diversion is not suitable for B-doubles which are being parked near the accident site.
Emergency services and traffic crews are at the accident site working to free a trapped occupant of the vehicle.
Motorists are advised to allow plenty of additional travel time or delay travel until the highway reopens.
For the latest traffic information, visit www.livetraffic.com or call 132 701.
Article first appeared on Merimbula News Weekly website.
