Heavy traffic backed up for kilometres from the Sydney Harbour Bridge after a head-on collision closed several lanes of traffic during the morning commuter peak on Wednesday, injuring three people.
About 8.12am two white hatchback vehicles collided head-on in the southbound lane 4 near the bridge’s southern pylon, and then crashed into two other cars.
Emergency services attend to a patient with back injuries after a head-on collision on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.Credit: Nine News
Emergency services arrived on the scene shortly after, diverting traffic and attending to three patients. The two vehicles not involved in the head-on collision were quickly cleared away.
Heavy traffic quickly grew, stretching back as far as Artarmon and Mosman for southbound commuters and Drummoyne for those travelling north.
Four lanes of traffic, lanes 4 and 5 southbound and lanes 2 and 3 northbound, were closed for nearly two hours. All lanes reopened just before 10am, with the heavy traffic eventually clearing about an hour later.
Bus commuters on Sydney’s North Shore were diverted to North Sydney train station to transfer to the rail network to avoid entering the traffic to cross the bridge. Transport for NSW reported bus delays of up to 40 minutes.
The two drivers of the vehicles that collided head-on were transported to hospital with minor injuries. Both were conscious and in a stable condition.
One patient was trapped inside their vehicle with a back injury and had to be cut out. He was extracted from the vehicle and transferred to Royal North Shore Hospital just before 9am.
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