Diners rush in after horror head-on crash on busy King Street in Sydney's Newtown
A family of five is lucky to have escaped with their lives after a horror head-on collision on a busy inner Sydney street.
CCTV footage captured the moment a black SUV sped down the wrong side of King Street in Newtown at around 7pm on Sunday night.
Driving straight at oncoming traffic, it clipped the side of a sedan before hurtling head-on into a four-wheel drive carrying a family of five, including a 9 and 12-year-old.
Diners at the restaurants lining the street came out to help the injured, with one person rushing to pull out the 28-year-old man who had been driving the out of control car.
Witnesses described the crash as sounding like gunshots or a bomb.
'People, kids inside the restaurant all got scared, they thought it was a bomb,' one local restaurant owner told 9News.
A total of five cars were damaged in the incident, and seven people were taken to hospital. Amazingly, there were no fatalities.
The driver was among those taken to hospital, where he underwent mandatory testing.
He has since been charged with driving under the influence and had his licence suspended.
He is due to face court in August.
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