![The scene of the accident at Rainbow Reach. Picture by Ellie Chamberlain The scene of the accident at Rainbow Reach. Picture by Ellie Chamberlain](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/173301740/90a673c4-6138-4911-bb02-b82be800555a.JPG/r0_215_4032_2885_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A man has died after a single-vehicle crash on the state's Mid North Coast.
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About 8.45am on Monday, May 22, emergency services were called to Plummers Lane, Rainbow Reach, about 25km north of Kempsey, following reports of a crash.
Police attended and found a Mazda sedan had left the roadway and crashed into a power pole before it caught fire.
The male driver and sole occupant, a man believed to be aged in his 90s, remained trapped in the vehicle and died at the scene.
Officers attached to Mid North Coast Police District established a crime scene and commenced inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.
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