Two dead in highway crash

ROAD conditions are not being blamed for a single vehicle accident that claimed the lives of two Thulimbah residents at The Summit on Friday night.
Mark Ciufici, 57, and Jeffrey Croft, 44, were killed when their northbound vehicle left the New England highway and rolled, colliding with a steel overhead light pole on the median strip about 8.20pm.
Police say the pair were travelling about 100 metres south of the intersection with Granite Belt Drive when tragedy struck.
Investigations into the cause of the crash are continuing.