A brief will be prepared for the information of the Coroner after a man died in a crash at Tighes Hill overnight.
Emergency services were called to Maitland Road, near Henry Street, following reports a car had left the road and collided with a power pole about 11.10pm on Saturday 5 November.
Initial inquiries suggest a Hyundai i30 was travelling east on Maitland Road when it left the roadway and collided with a power pole.
The impact split the vehicle in half and ejected the male passenger.
The Hyundai then hit a parked car and a sedan before coming to a stop.
The male passenger, 27, died at the scene and is yet to be formally identified.
The driver, a 31-year-old man, was able to free himself from the wreckage and was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics.
Officers from Newcastle City Police District attended and established a crime scene, which has been examined by specialist police from the Crash Investigation Unit.
The driver of the Hyundai was transported to John Hunter Hospital, where he remains, and has since undergone mandatory testing.
As inquiries continue, police are appealing for anyone who was travelling on Maitland Road and may have seen the Hyundai, or who has dashcam vision from around the time of the crash, to come forward.
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