Sydney peak hour chaos as truck and car crash causes 9km traffic jam and injures five people

Southbound lanes of the M7 Motorway at Eastern Creek in Sydney’s west was closed for more than an hour.

Five people, including a teenager, were injured when a truck collided with several cars along a motorway in Sydney’s west, causing traffic to pile up for 9km.

Emergency services responded to the Westlink M7 at 2.50pm on Thursday to reports of a crash involving a number of vehicles.

One of the victims, a teenager, was transported to Westmead Children’s Hospital, an NSW Ambulance spokesman told Daily Mail Australia.

Another person was taken by ambulance to Liverpool Hospital.

Source: Five people injured after multi-vehicle crash in Sydney | Daily Mail Online