Two drivers hit with nails allegedly shot from passing truck on NSW highway

Nineteen-year-old man charged after drivers on M1 at Ourimbah and Somersby reported nail gun shots from white Mitsubishi

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Two drivers have been hit with nails shot from a passing truck on a New South Wales highway, police say.

One man, 52, was heading north on the M1 near Ourimbah on Monday afternoon when he felt something hit his head, causing him to lose control of his car briefly.

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