A woman and a young boy are fighting for life after the car they were travelling in crashed into the back of a parked truck.
Emergency services had to free the woman, aged in her 20s, and the eight-year-old boy from the wreckage following the collision in St Marys in Sydney’s west just after 3am on Friday.
The pair were both treated at the scene on Christie Street by paramedics before being rushed to Westmead Hospital in critical conditions.
A woman and a young boy are fighting for life after the car they were travelling in smashed into a parked truck in St Marys, in Sydney’s west
Police have set up a crime scene and launched an investigation into the cause of the crash.
Motorists were urged to avoid the area with Christie St closed in both directions between Lee Holme Drive and Werrington Rd.
Harrowing photos of the the scene showed a white hatchback rammed into the back of the truck.
Debris was seen scattered across the road and the car’s rear boot had been lifted up.
Emergency services had to free the woman, aged in her 20s, and the eight-year-old boy from the wreckage following the collision in St Marys in Sydney’s west just after 3am on Friday
***
Read more at DailyMail.co.uk