A report will be prepared for the Coroner after a fatal crash south of Tamworth yesterday.

About 7.30am (Thursday 17 March 2016), a Nissan X-trail was travelling north on Werris Creek Road, south of Tamworth, when it collided with a southbound semi-trailer.

The 37-year-old driver of the X-trail died at the scene. His two male passengers, both aged 17, were treated at the scene for shock before being taken to Tamworth Hospital.

The driver of the semi-trailer, a 68-year-old man, was uninjured and was taken to Tamworth Hospital for mandatory blood and urine tests.

Police from Oxley Local Area Command and Northern Tablelands Crash Investigation Unit attended and conducted inquiries.

Werris Creek Road was closed for about six hours, with diversions put in place.