Bus driver fighting for life after horror crash in Sydney
A bus driver is fighting for life after a crash involving a semi-trailer in Wetherill Park in Sydney's west overnight.
The 74-year-old man was pinned beneath the dashboard of the bus for more than an hour as emergency workers tried to free him.
The semi-trailer's driver, Iqbal Singh, is accused of running a red light at the intersection of Davis Road and the Parramatta-Liverpool T-way.
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A bus driver is fighting for life, after a crash involving a semi-trailer in Sydney's west overnight. Nine
Firefighters took hours to free the trapped man, using tools to cut, spread and ram away parts of the bus.
He was taken to Liverpool Hospital in a critical condition.
Four passengers on the bus were also taken to hospital.
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The 74-year-old man was pinned beneath the dashboard of the bus for more than an hour as emergency workers tried to free him at Wetherill Park. Nine
His injuries to his lower body are so extensive, paramedics had to put him in an induced coma.
"The dashboard had come down onto his lower limbs, which is a significant amount of force," NSW Ambulance Inspector Joe Ibrahim said.
The licence of the truck driver has now been suspended and the 26-year-old charged with dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.
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