2 dead after vehicle catches fire west of Sydney

SYDNEY, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Two people have died after a vehicle crashed and caught fire west of Sydney late on Sunday night.

Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW) said in a statement on Monday that the vehicle crashed into a tree in the small town of Ooma -- about 300 km west of Sydney -- shortly before 10:20 p.m. local time on Sunday and caught fire.

Emergency services were deployed to the scene