A child has died and six people have been taken to hospital after three cars and a truck were involved in a crash on Sydney's M5 this morning. NSW Police said emergency services were called to the M5 just east of the Belmore Road exit at Riverwood, after reports of a crash around am. Police said one child died at the scene and another child, travelling in the same vehicle, was transported to St George Hospital in a serious condition with suspected head injuries.
Another year-old girl was treated at the scene before being taken to Sydney Children's Hospital in a serious but stable condition. NSW Ambulance said the driver of the car in which the child died was trapped for a lengthy period of time and had to be cut free. The three other drivers were taken to hospital to be treated for non life-threatening injuries. All lanes heading into the city were closed this morning, but two of them were reopened around pm. Drivers were being advised to allow extra travel time and to divert through Belmore Road, Canterbury Road or Georges Road to re-join the M5.
The crash, which happened at around 8. Assistant Chief Constable Anthony Bangham, overall incident commander, said in a statement : "Seven people are confirmed to have died as a result of this tragic incident and we do believe there could be more deaths. He said a "large scale multi-agency operation" continued and it was unlikely that the road would be be re-opened until "tomorrow at the earliest".
The pile-up involved 34 vehicles between junctions 24 and 25 and caused a "massive fireball" on the northbound carriageway engulfing at least four trucks. Witnesses told of a number of explosions following the pile-up and flames shooting metres into the sky.
A helpline for those worried about relatives and friends was opened on but police asked that people make attempts to reach loved ones via personal telephones or friends first. Emergency services worked through the night to free victims. Witnesses said conditions were treacherous as firefighters using hydraulic cutting equipment tried to rescue four people trapped in their vehicles.
Television footage showed members of the public attempting to pry open car doors to help those stuck inside. The force of the crash sent debris on to the other side of the carriageway, where tailbacks stretched to junction 22 — about 12 miles away. For a motorway incident this was, Bangham said, "just about as big as it gets". He described the intensity of the fireball as "unusual". It has been suggested that smoke from the nearby Bridgwater Guy Fawkes carnival could have worsened the fog on the road.
Police could not say whether the fireworks display might have been a factor, but Bangham said it was "certainly something we'll be looking at closely".
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