PICTURED: Tourist, 29, killed in a horrific crash in Sydney’s airport tunnel – as her friend desperately fights for her life
- Leidy Rincon was killed in a horror car crash on General Holmes Drive in Sydney
- Three other women in the Columbian’s car were injured, including one critical
- The 29-year-old had only been in Australia a week after visiting family at home
A Colombian woman has been named as a victim in the horrific airport tunnel crash, with her friend fighting for life in hospital.
Leidy Rincon was in the back seat of a car heading citybound for work at 5.40am on Thursday morning when the car she was traveling in was hit by a Ford Falcon going the wrong way in the Sydney Airport tunnel on General Holmes Drive at Mascot.
The 29-year-old died at the scene, with three other women in her car injured, including one with critical injuries.
‘Paramedics did everything they possibly could for her but unfortunately she lost her life at the scene,’ NSW Ambulance Superintendent Katherine Rallings told 7News.
Leidy Rincon died after a horror car crash on General Holmes Drive in Mascot on Thursday morning
The three injured women women will remain in hospital until next week.
Christian Lozada’s mother and girlfriend were traveling with Ms Rincon in the car, and he was seen rushing through grid lock traffic to check they were safe.
Mr Lozada remembered Ms Rincon as a ‘lovely girl.’
‘She’s gorgeous, very kind, she just comes here to get out there to try and make a better future for herself,’ Mr Lozada said.
Ms Rincon had only been back in Australia for a week after visiting her family in Columbia.
Hashem El-Asmar was the driver of the Ford Falcon, and was treated on the scene for a punctured lung and bone fractures by paramedics.
Hashem El-Asmar being treated at the scene by paramedics, with his injuries including a punctured lung
The-34-year-old veered onto the other side of the road heading southbound before the incident.
‘When he recovers we’ll go to talk to him and interview him appropriately but we’ll also do so after we get the results of his blood test,’ NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy said.
Investigators are also testing substances that were allegedly found in Mr El-Asmar’s car.
The crash occurred on a confusing section of General Holmes Drive, where during peak hour one lane of outbound traffic becomes a citybound lane.
Police inspect the mangled vehicles after the devastating crash. Three other women in Ms Rincon’s car were injured, including one critical