Two men charged over head-on collision that injured five in Newtown, Sydney
A Black MG SUV was captured on camera hurtling down Kings St, Newtown in Sydney's inner west, at about 7pm on Sunday.
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The car was driving on the wrong side of the road when it clipped a silver Toyota Corolla before colliding head-on with a Mercedes SUV.
The 43-year-old male driver of the Mercedes and his passengers – a 67-year-old woman, 42-year-old woman, nine-year-old girl and 12-year-old boy – miraculously walked away from the crash.
They were all taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital with minor injuries.
The Corolla driver, a 26-year-old woman, and two other drivers of vehicles caught up in the crash, another 26-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man, were not injured.
Kings St business owner Mohamed Zahour said the crash sounded like a bomb going off.
'When we came out we found like four to five cars had crashed,' he told 7NEWS.
'(The driver) thought he was on a highway.'
The MG driver, a 28-year-old man, was treated by paramedics before he was taken to St Vincent's Hospital for mandatory testing.
He was later charged with drive in a manner dangerous and had his licence suspended.
The man was issued a court attendance notice to appear at Newtown Local Court in August.
His passenger, a 20-year-old man, was arrested at the scene after he allegedly attempted to interfere in the police investigation and assaulted a female police officer and paramedics.
The man was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital where he allegedly assaulted a male police officer and security staff while under police guard.
On Monday, he was released from the hospital and taken to a police station where he was charged with three offences relating to the assaults and investigation interference.
He was refused bail to appear at Parramatta Local Court on Tuesday.
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