A mother and her three-year-old son have reportedly been killed following a horror collision with a logging truck near Huntly.
The accident happened on Rotowaro Rd, west of Huntly, about 8.30am on Friday, police said.
The three-year-old boy died at the scene and his mother was flown to hospital but later died, the Stuff website reported.
Before Friday morning's crash the annual road toll stood at 246, compared with 341 at the same time last year.
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