Brothers aged 9 and 12 perish in NSW crash

A family has been torn apart by the deaths of two boys, age 9 and 12, in a highway collision in regional NSW.

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A couple is mourning the loss of two young sons killed in a road crash near Dubbo in NSW.

The brothers, aged 9 and 12, were found dead at the scene of the highway collision in the early hours of Saturday.

A third brother, aged four, is in a serious condition in Sydney's Westmead Children's Hospital with internal injuries.

The family's 4WD collided with a B-double truck on the Newell Highway about 3.30am.

The parents escaped with just minor injuries and were treated for shock, while the male truck driver was airlifted to hospital with back injuries.

The smash closed the highway in both directions for most of the day.


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