Emergency services work to free a ‘seriously imprisoned’ driver after their truck collided with a car on a bridge north of Sydney.
Emergency services were called to the Hawkesbury River Bridge near Moeney Moeney, about 58 km north of Sydney, just before 7.20 am on Thursday after reports of a crash.
It is understood that a truck and a car bumped into the southern lanes and catching one of the drivers.
Fire and save NSW Superintendent Adam Dewberry said that crews worked to free the driver of the truck that was ‘seriously imprisoned’.
“We have a very serious crash, someone who is seriously imprisoned in one of the vehicles, ambulance paramedics are stabilizing on the spot,” Mr. Dewberry said at 2 GB.
‘Firefighters work together with the paramedics to start finding out how this person can be saved from the vehicle.
“That includes cutting and pushing the vehicle to gain access so that they can treat the injuries and then get them to the hospital as quickly as possible.”
The state of the driver is not yet known.
Emergency services work on freeing a ‘seriously captured’ driver after their truck collided with a car on the Hawkesbury River Bridge near Mooney Moeney (photo)
Crews are on site to free the driver of the truck (photo)
The crash has caused considerable delays for peak hours, in which authorities encourage motorists to avoid the area
Rescuers also called a toll -rescue helicopter on the spot.
The M1 Pacific highway to a southerly direction is closed while emergency staff works to free the driver.
Authorities have warned administrators to avoid the area and to expect significant delays.
The collision has caused enormous delays for the peaking morning morning hood, with traffic against a standstill for kilometers and standing in line along Calga.
The north of the traffic has also been hit, with congestion that already extends three kilometers.
Motorists are encouraged to use and leave distractions via Mount White exchange for the Pacific Highway.
Live traffic NSW recommends that the distraction is suitable for ‘only light vehicles’, in which heavy vehicles are parked.
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