A teenage boy has died in a crash near Newcastle in NSW.
Police were called to Lemon Tree Passage Rd, Salt Ash about 10.50pm on Friday to find a white Ford Falcon had veered off the road and crashed into a tree.
Inside the car were five teenagers aged 14 to 17.
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One of the teens died on the way to hospital, police said, while two others were taken to John Hunter Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
![Police at the scene.](https://images.7news.com.au/publication/C-15260028/0d1d75d24de9326cfd6ad71cedde27471fdccbc0.jpg?imwidth=650&impolicy=sevennews_v2)
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![A white Ford Falcon veered off the road and crashed into a tree.](https://images.7news.com.au/publication/C-15260028/9cacf1b706ac21552847237e87dd8d0c500dfa6d.jpg?imwidth=650&impolicy=sevennews_v2)
![A white Ford Falcon veered off the road and crashed into a tree.](https://images.7news.com.au/publication/C-15260028/9cacf1b706ac21552847237e87dd8d0c500dfa6d.jpg?imwidth=650&impolicy=sevennews_v2)
The driver, a 17-year-old boy, was also taken to hospital for mandatory testing.
“A crime scene was established and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash commenced,” police said.
Anyone with any information or relevant dashcam footage has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers.