Local news:
Two young men have died after being trapped in their car after it burst into flames.
Four Bangladeshi students were inside the vehicle when it left the road and slammed into a power pole on Maitland Rd in Mayfield East — in northwest Newcastle — about 11.15pm on Saturday.
The car erupted in flames on impact.
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Passers-by rushed to pull the 24-year-old driver and a 19-year-old man sitting in the backseat from the wreckage.
The other two passengers were trapped.
Both men — believed to be in their 20s — were freed by firefighters and taken to John Hunter Hospital with critical burns, where they later died.
The driver remains under guard in hospital, where they are receiving treatment for minor injuries.
The other surviving passenger has also been admitted.
NSW Police confirmed all four men are students in Australia and are liaising with the High Commission of Bangladesh.
Anyone with information about the crash has been urged to come forward.
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