Firefighters discovered the lady, aged in her 20s, aware and respiration, and had been in a position to reassure her as they reduce her out of the wreckage on the M7 at Jap Creek at 9.15am.
Her Toyota Yaris was mangled and shattered after the five-vehicle nose-to-tail crash close to the Mild Horseman Interchange within the metropolis’s west.
Inspector Andrew Ticehurst from Fireplace and Rescue NSW mentioned the automobile was “sandwiched between two vans”.
A helicopter dropped medical crews onto the center of the M7 earlier than the truck was hoisted and balanced on bricks so the automobile may very well be pulled out, permitting firefighters to chop the lady free from the wreck.
“The driving force was aware when the hearth crews first arrived, and so they had been in a position to speak to her,” Ticehurst mentioned.
She was pulled out from what was the roof after round 90 minutes and rushed to Westmead Hospital in a secure situation.
She had solely suffered accidents to her face.
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