Woman struck by car at Sydney bus stop, major thoroughfare plunged into traffic chaos

A young woman is in hospital after being struck by a car at a bus stop, with traffic along a major citybound road plunged into chaos.

A woman has been hospitalised after being struck by a car at a Sydney bus stop, with specialist rescue equipment deployed to remove another woman from the crash scene.

The accident plunged a major citybound thoroughfare into chaos, with buses forced to skip a stop as traffic banked up along the Gladesville Bridge.

Specialist rescue crews managed to remove one trapped in her car, after it crashed into a bus stop in Drummoyne on Tuesday morning. Picture: Supplied / Channel 9

Police are seen with the tow truck driver preparing the car to be towed, which hit a 25-year-old woman who was sitting at the bus stop on Victoria Rd and the corner of Westbourne St, Drummoyne about 8am. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

It is understood the car first collided with a bus, before hitting the bus shelter where the woman in her 20s was waiting.

Pictures of the aftermath of the crash capture the extent of the damage to the red car, as authorities prepare for it to be towed.

Skid marks were also observed in an area close to the bus stop.

Both women are in a stable condition in hospital. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Skid marks and tyre marks on the edge of the road. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Paramedics were called about 8am on Tuesday after reports a car had left the road of Westbourne St and Victoria Rd, in Drummoyne.

A NSW Ambulance spokesman said a woman in her 20s was treated for head, neck and lower limb injuries.

Two woman, one in her 20s and another in her 40s, are in hospital. Picture: Supplied / Channel 9

A second woman, in her 40s, reportedly suffered a broken arm.

Rescue equipment had to be deployed to remove the woman from the scene, NSW Fire and Rescue revealed in an update.

A view of the taped off area within the bus stop where a car hit the 25-year-old woman. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Both women have been transported to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

A spokesman from the hospital confirmed both were in a stable condition.

It is understood a third person was also treated.

DRUMMOYNE | @FRNSW Victoria Rd, motor vehicle accident involving a bus and car, one person removed with rescue equipment and transported to hospital.@LiveTrafficSyd

— Fire and Rescue NSW (@FRNSW) August 14, 2023

Citybound traffic was queued back onto the Gladesville Bridge in Drummoyne, with two of five lanes of Victoria Rd closed at Westbourne St.

Buses on Victoria Rd were delayed and drivers were forced to miss the stop on Victoria Rd after Wolseley St, a spokesman from Sydney’s Transport Management Centre said.

All citybound lanes have since been reopened but the centre said traffic was slow back to Gladesville.

Originally published as Woman struck by car at Sydney bus stop, major thoroughfare plunged into traffic chaos