Two drivers have been killed in a head-on crash at Lake Macquarie overnight.

About 11:15pm (Friday 15 May 2015) emergency services were called to Freemans Drive, Cooranbong after a Ford Falcon sedan and a Holden Commodore collided head-on.

The two men driving the vehicles died at the scene. They were the sole occupants.

Police from Lake Macquarie and the Crash Investigation Unit attended and inquiries into the cause of the crash are continuing.

Freemans Drive is closed in both directions and motorists are urged to avoid the area.

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