Officers were responding to reports a car had driven into a tree 84km north of Yass on Sunday
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A man has been shot dead by police in regional New South Wales after allegedly aiming a loaded rifle at officers responding to a car crash.
NSW police officers were responding to reports a car had driven into a tree on a road 84km north of Yass at about 2.50pm on Sunday.
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