![INCIDENT: The scene on the New England Highway around 3pm, Tuesday afternoon. Picture: Perry Duffin INCIDENT: The scene on the New England Highway around 3pm, Tuesday afternoon. Picture: Perry Duffin](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/mKAkrJf2Y8SL5yQyNmtCUB/8e6ac88e-f8a6-4c5c-8b5b-02a7fa6b5a1c.JPG/r19_265_4048_2488_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
INCIDENT: The scene on the New England Highway around 3pm, Tuesday afternoon. Picture: Perry Duffin
A man has been rushed to hospital after a car and motorcycle collided on the New England Highway outside the Rutherford Hotel on Tuesday afternoon.
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Fairfax Media understands emergency crews received reports of the incident at about 2.20pm.
A male aged in his 20s was transferred to John Hunter Hospital by ambulance with abrasions to his arms and legs.
Police were diverting traffic away from the South Street intersection at about 3pm.
The New England Highway was open in both directions though traffic had been slowed.