Man dies in hospital after crash in NSW A MAN has died in hospital, four days after being critically injured in a collision in northern NSW. The crash happened on the Pacific Highway at midday (AEDT) on Wednesday at Tabbimoble, about 60km south of Ballina, when a southbound VW Passat and a northbound truck collided. The truck pushed the car almost 80m before stopping, a police statement said. The car driver, a 62-year-old man from Frenchs Forest, suffered critical head injuries and was airlifted to Gold Coast Hospital where he died on Sunday morning. The man's 61-year-old wife was taken to Lismore Base Hospital with spinal injuries. The driver of the truck, a 41-year-old man from Punchbowl, breath-tested negative at the scene.