Truck driver charged over Sydney crash

A cement truck operator faces dangerous driving charges following a road crash in Sydney's southwest that left a young boy with spinal injuries.

The 24-year-old truck driver from Lethbridge Park is facing a series of driving charges following the December 19 crash that left a six-year-old boy with head, spine and leg injuries.

A 13-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman sustained minor injuries.

Police allege that the cement-pumping truck entered a breakdown lane and crashed into the back of a stationary Toyota Tarago van.

Police on Thursday charged the truck driver with dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and other driving offences.

The man was granted conditional bail to appear in Mount Druitt Local Court at a later date.