Huge delays on Sydney's M4 after car, truck crash at Minchinbury
A four-vehicle crash has caused major delays on Sydney's M4, one of the main citybound routes from the city's western suburbs.
Three cars and a truck collided on the M4 eastbound at Minchinbury - between Wallgrove Rd and the M7 offramp - at about 5.50am on Thursday, police say.
Two of the three eastbound lanes have been closed approaching the M7, with motorists warned to expect delays.
Live Traffic NSW's map showed significant traffic jams stretching as far as 10km.
Traffic cameras near the scene show significant congestion as commuters begin their morning journey towards the city, with banked-up vehicles stretching for kilometres.
Paramedics treated one of the car drivers – a 65-year-old woman – at the scene, before she was taken to Westmead Hospital in a stable condition.
The other drivers - a 25-year-old man, a 38-year-old man, and the 42-year-old truck driver - were all uninjured in the collision.
The incident is under investigation by officers from the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command.
Anyone with information or footage of the crash has been urged to come forward and contact Crime Stoppers.
Traffic appears to have begun easing as of 8am, though significant delays are still expected.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
ABC News
25 minutes ago
- ABC News
Cassius Turvey's mother Mechelle details trauma at sentencing hearing for son's murderers
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image of a person who has died, used with the permission of their family. The mother of murdered Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey has delivered an emotional speech in court, saying her community was "thrust into a world of pain" due to the violence of her son's killers. Cassius Turvey, 15, was walking with friends after school when he was chased into bushland in Perth's east and savagely beaten with a metal pole in October 2022. Two of her son's killers — Jack Brearley and Brodie Palmer — are among those being sentenced in the WA Supreme Court over the next two days. Cassius's mother Mechelle Turvey sobbed as she entered the court with family by her side, along with Detective Senior Sergeant Stephen Cleal who led the murder investigation. Ms Turvey told the court the actions of the offenders amounted to racially motivated vigilantism. "These young Aboriginal children were being confronted, chased and attacked, were racially vilified," she said in her victim impact statement. While race was not alleged by prosecutors to have been a motive behind the attack, the court heard testimony that racial slurs were used by the offenders in the lead-up to the fatal assault. Questions were raised at the time of the incident as to whether race was a motivating factor. Crowds of thousands rallied across the community as racial tensions swelled against a backdrop of the Black Lives Matter movement. Ms Turvey called for calm at the time, urging the public not to use her son's death as "a platform to blow your trumpets". But delivering her impact statement to the court, Ms Turvey said it was difficult for her to ignore the factor of race. "If anyone thinks their actions weren't racially motivated, many Australians would be left scratching their heads," she said. The court previously heard Brearley was captured on CCTV and dash-cam recordings discussing his desire for revenge after his car windows were smashed. Brearley, 24, and 29-year-old Palmer were found guilty of murdering Cassius, while 27-year-old Mitchell Forth was found guilty of manslaughter. Two other offenders — Aleesha Gilmore and Ethan MacKenzie — are also being sentenced for assault and deprivation of liberty for incidents in the days leading up to Cassius's death, incidents prosecutor Ben Stanwix previously told the court were part of a pattern of targeting children with weapons. "Their vigilante actions have left others with a void that can never be filled. We are left with the senselessness of this tragedy," Ms Turvey told the court. "[I become] anxious when I see the colour green, the colour of Cassius's school shirt he was wearing when assaulted, the colour of the ambulance when I'd last seen my son's eyes open as he was rushed back into hospital." Ms Turvey said she had been prescribed medication and received counselling to cope with her grief. "There are no words that can fully capture the devastation of losing someone you love to violence," she said. "Cassius was not just part of my life, he was my future. "I will never see him grow older, never hear his voice again, never feel the comfort of his embrace … no parent should have to visit the grave of an innocent 15-year-old child who did nothing wrong."
ABC News
26 minutes ago
- ABC News
Serial rapist Warren John McCorriston spared more jail time for attempted cold case abduction
A serial rapist who attempted to abduct a teenage girl to rape her 45 years ago has avoided jail time. Warren John McCorriston pleaded guilty to trying to abduct the 17-year-old in 1980 near Newcastle after she got off a bus near her home. Newcastle District Court heard McCorriston "did by force detain [the woman] against her will with intent to carnally know her". The girl eventually broke free and hid in bushes in her neighbours' front yard before he drove off. During McCorriston's sentencing hearing on Thursday, the court heard the 64-year-old was a registered sex offender. He previously served eight-and-a-half years in jail for attacks on three women around the same area as the attempted abduction from 1979 to 1999. Judge Tim Gartelmann said he had to factor in time spent behind bars when considering the sentence for the offence. McCorriston was sentenced to two years and three months in jail, with a non-parole period of one year and three months. Due to time served, the judge granted an immediate release from the dock. On the night of the attempted abduction, the teenage victim had watched a film at a Newcastle cinema, the court heard. She caught a bus which dropped her about 600 metres from her home. As she walked home, a red hatchback pulled up in front of her and McCorriston got out of the car. He told the girl he was armed with a knife and she should get into his car. He told police he planned to force her into his car for sex. The victim didn't report the crime until 2023, after watching a program about another teenager who was abducted in Newcastle in the 1990s. She identified McCorriston from a black and white photo. McCorriston was convicted in 2021 of raping three women over two decades. The victims were as young as 17. At McCorriston's sentencing hearing, Judge Gartelmann said he needed to consider time served when handing down this sentence, and spoke about "the principle of totality". "The sentence he had been serving was imposed for several offences," the judge said. "Sentences for those offences were effectively partly concurrent and partly cumulative. McCoriston's non-parole period for after his term for attacking his three other victims ended last year. Despite this, the court heard he stayed an extra 200 days in prison before he was released in February this year. The judge said he had shown remorse and his dysfunctional childhood lessened his moral culpability. He will be subject to further supervision while on parole until February next year.
ABC News
40 minutes ago
- ABC News
Mushroom murder jury set to begin deliberations next week
The jury in the Supreme Court trial of accused triple-murderer Erin Patterson is expected to retire to consider its verdict early next week.
