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Lanes re-open on Sydney's M4 after crash between truck and seven cars

Lucy Slade and Emily Bennett

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All lanes have reopened on Sydney's M4 Motorway after a crash involving a truck and seven cars.

Twenty-one people were assessed by paramedics and a man was freed after spending more than an hour trapped in his van in Prospect at the Light Horse interchange.

No one is believed to have suffered significant injuries but two people were taken to Westmead Hospital and the man freed from the van was taken to Liverpool Hospital.

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Traffic was banked up for kilometres after seven cars and truck crashed on Sydney's M4 on Friday afternoon.

Traffic was banked up for kilometres after seven cars and truck crashed on Sydney's M4 on Friday afternoon. Nine

Twenty one people were assessed by paramedics at the scene. Nine

NSW Police said the driver of the truck was taken to Blacktown Hospital for mandatory testing.

The crash happened at 4.40pm, just as many started heading home on their evening commutes, with more than 11km of traffic now at a standstill.

All westbound lanes of the M4 were closed and traffic was diverted at the Reservoir Road off-ramp.

Heavy traffic through the area has eased.

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