About 2.45am, officers attached to Orana Mid-Western Police District were travelling on Baradine Road, Coonabarabran, when they found the wreckage.

Police said the Holden Commodore utility had left the road and crashed into a tree.

The Holden driver and sole occupant, a man, believed to be aged 19, died at the scene.

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He is yet to be formally identified, police said.

Officers established a crime scene and started inquiries in the circumstances surrounding the crash.

A report will be prepared for the Coroner.

The state's road toll was at 78 people at midnight on April 8.

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