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Children among 10 injured as overloaded ute rolls near Lithgow.

Ten people, including several children, are injured after an overloaded ute crashed and rolled in central-west New South Wales.

Emergency services were called to Newnes State Forest near Lithgow about midday.

Paramedics treated 10 people for a range of injuries at the scene, and two children were later flown to Westmead Children’s Hospital in Sydney.

A 12-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, with injuries to his pelvis, were in a serious condition.

Police said eight people were in the tray of the vehicle, while a further four people were inside the cab at the time of the crash.

This post originally appeared on ABC News.

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