<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 27-year-old man is fighting for life, two </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/animals" rel="" target="" title="horses"><span>horses</span></a><span> have died and another seven have been treated for injuries after a horse truck crashed in southern </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="" title="NSW"><span>NSW</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Witnesses told police a light rigid horse truck towing a horse float had crashed to avoid a tractor on the Hume Highway about 1.15pm yesterday in Sutton Forest, west of Wollongong.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The State Emergency said a heavy horse float rolled, trapping the driver and several horses.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/missing-woman-michelle-leahy-western-australia/f66f7bfa-e5c4-4b50-8fc7-b5f0dfbe43a7" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Tragic discovery in search for missing mum</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>SES rescue operators worked to stabilise the vehicle and release the driver, who paramedics and a Toll Rescue Helicopter crew treated at the scene before rushing to Liverpool Hospital in a critical condition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said one horse died in the crash and another was euthanised due to their injuries, while seven were taken away for treatment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 26-year-old male tractor driver was uninjured and underwent mandatory testing.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/hume-highway-crash-driver-fighting-for-life-two-horses-dead-after-horse-truck-crash-in-sutton-forest/587eaad5-5179-4f5e-bea9-66cc634d282f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Several lanes of the Hume Highway were closed for some time in both directions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said inquiries into the crash were ongoing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the </span></strong></em><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span> and </span></strong></em><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>