A 54-year-old woman and her 18-year-old daughter travelling from Goondawindi hit a kangaroo at Biddon on the Newell Highway on Thursday morning. Neither traveller required hospitalisation.
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The impact caused the vehicle’s airbags to deploy, trapping the occupants for a short period. They were able to free themselves from the vehicle and move to a safe place off the road before Emergency services, including the Wellington SES arrived.
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The impact caused the vehicle’s airbags to deploy, trapping the occupants for a short period. They were able to free themselves from the vehicle and move to a safe place off the road before Emergency services, including the Wellington SES arrived.
Their vehicle was believed to be a write-off with extensive damage, with oil and other fluids leaking from the vehicle.
Police assisted the 54 year old woman and her daughter giving them a lift into Dubbo to make the necessary arrangements to continue their trip to Victoria.
"Roos and wombats present the most danger to motorists and their is an extraordinary amount of them near our roads foraging for food at the moment,” Orana Mid-Western Police District Inspector Dan Skelly said.
