A utility driver has been hospitalised after crashing into a sign and hitting a tree on a dangerous stretch of road.
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The vehicle lost control on Burrows Road in Hamilton Valley, near Panorama Place, about 4.50pm on Tuesday.
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The ute hit a Hamilton Valley sign, knocking it over, before hitting the tree.
The driver, a man aged in his 40s, was taken to Albury Base Hospital in a stable condition.
Council staff returned to the site yesterday to remove the damaged sign.
Daniel Hardiman, 18, died when his motorbike hit a tree on a bend in the road.
It also occurred a short distance from a 2017 crash that nearly killed a man when his vehicle caught alight while he was trapped inside.
Jarrod Goulding was dragged out of his burning Ford Falcon by two police officers and an off-duty firefighter after hitting a tree, moments before it was gutted by fire.
