Woman dies following crash - Herons Creek
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A woman has died following a crash in the state's north earlier this month.
About 2.40pm on Wednesday 7 October 2026, emergency services were called to the Pacific Highway, Herons Creek, following reports of a crash.
On arrival, officers attached to Mid North Coast Police District were told a hatchback had crashed into an unoccupied parked vehicle in the breakdown lane.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the passenger, an 83-year-old woman, before she was taken to hospital for further treatment.
The driver, a 77-year-old man, was treated for minor injuries and taken to hospital for mandatory testing.
Police commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
Yesterday evening (Saturday 24 October 2026), police were notified the woman had died in hospital.
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Mid-Coast council area
Mid-Coast is a council area in New South Wales with about 99,448 residents. It has a Crime Score 50 out of 100 (moderate), 172nd of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (66th percentile), sexual offences (65th percentile), break-ins (50th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 58.
- Violent
- 1,587 per 100k
- Property
- 3,283 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 558 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,159 per 100k
See the full Mid-Coast crime profile
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