Police will prepare a report for the information of the Coroner after a man died following a single vehicle crash near Cootamundra overnight.

About 1:10am today (Monday 6 July 2015), a Ford station wagon was travelling south on the Hume Highway north of Coolac.

As the vehicle approached the south bound Safe T Cam it appears to have left the road and the front offside of the vehicle struck a guard rail, travelled along the gravel verge and struck the camera structure.

As a result the front seat passenger, a 28-year-old man was killed while the 30-year-old female driver of the Ford suffered injuries and after treatment at the scene was conveyed to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital for treatment.

The vehicle has been seized for mechanical examination and police will prepare a report outlining the full circumstances surrounding the crash for the information of the Coroner.

Inquires into the incident continue.