Article 76NB4 Truck drivers ‘miraculously’ emerge nearly unscathed from explosions and fire after Hume Highway truck crash

Truck drivers ‘miraculously’ emerge nearly unscathed from explosions and fire after Hume Highway truck crash

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Ima Caldwell and AAP
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Six trucks - including one carrying eight tonnes of butane cans - destroyed at NSW rest stop near Breadalbane, police say

Police say it is nothing short of a miracle" that six truck drivers emerged relatively unscathed after an explosive crash involving semi-trailers carrying tonnes of flammable materials on a major New South Wales highway.

Two trucks appear to have collided when entering a roadside rest stop, police said, with one crashing into four other rigs just after 5am Tuesday on the Hume Highway near Breadalbane in the state's southern tablelands.

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