Rescue helicopter called to crash involving truck, ute on Hume Highway near Tarcutta

Emergency services were called to the highway near Keajura Road, south of Tarcutta, just before 8am following reports of a crash involving a ute and a semi-trailer.

Wagga-based NSW Ambulance duty operations manager Charlie Milne said paramedic crews - including intensive care and rescue specialists - from Batlow, Gundagai and Wagga rushed to the scene.

"Paramedics found two male patients in their 30s who were trapped in [the] ute, which had collided with the rear of the semi-trailer," Acting Inspector Milne said.

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Both men were freed from the wreckage of the ute and treated at the crash site before being taken to hospital.

One of the men sustained critical injuries to his head and chest and was flown to Canberra Hospital in an ambulance rescue helicopter.

The other man was taken by road ambulance to Wagga Base Hospital in a serious condition, with injuries to his head and neck.

Police said the driver of the truck - a 38-year-old man - was not injured.

The incident closed both northbound lanes of the highway for more than nine hours as NSW Police crash investigators examined the scene.

The highway reopened about 5.30pm.

Motorists are being diverted via Tumbarumba Road to Alfredtown and the Sturt Highway to rejoin the Hume, adding at least 30 minutes to travel times.

The location of the crash was shrouded in fog on Friday morning, however the circumstances leading up to the incident remain under investigation.

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