Witnesses informed police a light-weight inflexible horse truck towing a horse float had crashed to keep away from a tractor on the Hume Freeway about 1.15pm yesterday in Sutton Forest, west of Wollongong.
The State Emergency mentioned a heavy horse float rolled, trapping the motive force and a number of other horses.
SES rescue operators labored to stabilise the car and launch the motive force, who paramedics and a Toll Rescue Helicopter crew handled on the scene earlier than speeding to Liverpool Hospital in a essential situation.
Police mentioned one horse died within the crash and one other was euthanised because of their accidents, whereas seven have been taken away for remedy.
The 26-year-old male tractor driver was unhurt and underwent obligatory testing.
A number of lanes of the Hume Freeway have been closed for a while in each instructions.
Police mentioned inquiries into the crash have been ongoing.
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