SYDNEY, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and four more injured following a multi-vehicle crash in the northeast of Sydney in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) on Monday.

NSW Police said that an SUV and a four-wheel drive towing a caravan crashed on a major highway near the town of Nabiac, 220 km northeast of Sydney, at about 9:50 a.m. before the SUV hit a heavy-duty truck.

A police statement said that two people from the SUV -- who have not yet been formally identified -- died at the scene.

The driver and three passengers from the four-wheel drive -- a man aged 42, a woman aged 43 and two children aged 8 and 9 -- were treated at the scene by ambulance paramedics before being taken to a nearby hospital.

The driver of the truck was uninjured but was taken to the hospital for mandatory testing.

The police established a crime scene and have commenced an investigation into the cause of the incident.

NSW Police have asked for anyone with dashcam vision or information about the incident to come forward and have asked for help locating a dog that was traveling in the SUV and was uninjured. Enditem

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