Menangle Car Accident: Woman, child dies following car-cement truck collision in Hume Highway accident.
In Sydney’s southwest, an SUV carrying a mother and a toddler collided with a cement truck, killing both of them.
On the northbound lanes of the Hume Freeway close to Menangle Road at Menangle Park this morning, a cement truck and a silver SUV crashed. The SUV’s female driver and a little child perished there.
Paramedics had to free a newborn who was stuck inside the vehicle before the child could receive treatment there.
In critical condition, the infant was transported to Westmead Children’s Hospital.
Gibbs remarked that it was a marvel the infant lived through the horrific event.
Investigations are ongoing.