SYDNEY: A teenage girl has died, and four others have been hospitalised, including two in critical condition, following a collision between two vehicles southwest of Sydney.
A police statement on Friday said that emergency services responded to a crash in the town of Appin, 53 km southwest of central Sydney, around 8 pm on Thursday and found that a sedan and a utility vehicle had collided.
A 17-year-old girl who was travelling as a passenger in the sedan died at the scene, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The 46-year-old male driver of the sedan and a 30-year-old woman who was a passenger were taken to the hospital in critical condition, police said.
A 12-year-old boy traveling in the same vehicle suffered minor injuries and was also hospitalized.