A 74-year-old man is in a critical condition in Canberra Hospital and a 50-year old truck driver has been charged following a serious two-vehicle crash in Gunning, NSW, just north of the ACT border yesterday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the crash site on Hume Highway just after 4.30pm yesterday, Wednesday 19 July.

On arrival, NSW Police officers from The Hume Police District found a semi-trailer and a car had crashed.

The driver of the car – a 74-year-old man – was taken to Canberra Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.

The driver of the semi-trailer – a 50-year-old man – was not injured.

Following inquiries, the 50-year-old was arrested and taken to Goulburn Police Station, where he was charged with dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, and negligent driving.

He was granted strict conditional bail and is due to appear at Goulburn Local Court on Wednesday 30 August.

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