A man has died after the car he was driving crashed into a bridge near Lake Macquarie overnight.

Shortly before 7pm (Sunday 26 July 2015), emergency services were called to Racecourse Road in Teralba after a car crashed into a railway bridge.

The sole occupant of the vehicle – a man aged 46 – was trapped inside the vehice, however emergency services personnel were able to remove him from the wreck.

Despite the efforts of emergency services workers to revive the man, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A report will now be prepared for the Coroner.