Roselands: Three car crash kills one driver, two others taken to hospital

A man is dead and two other people have been rushed to hospital after a gruesome three-car crash in Sydney’s west.

A man is dead and two other people have been rushed to hospital after a gruesome three-car crash. Picture: John Appleyard

A man is dead and two other people have been rushed to hospital after a gruesome three-car crash in Sydney’s west.

Police said the three vehicles ploughed into each other along Canterbury Rd in Roselands about 6.20pm on Monday.

Officers from Campsie Police Area Command arrived and found a silver Ford Laser sedan, which was heading west on Canterbury Rd, had collided with a silver Toyota RAV4, which was travelling from the opposite direction.

A third vehicle – a silver Honda Jazz sedan, which was also travelling in the eastbound lanes – was struck by the two other cars.

Paramedics rushed to help, but one male driver was trapped in his vehicle and was declared dead at the scene.

Police and accident investigators on the scene of a fatal car accident on Canterbury Road near Punchbowl. Picture: John Appleyard

The circumstances of the crash will be investigated. Picture: John Appleyard

Despite the efforts of first responders, the driver of the Ford Laser, who is believed to be a 36-year-old man, died at the scene.

The two other drivers – a 63-year-old man who was behind the wheel of the RAV4 and a 35-year-old woman who drove the Honda – were treated by paramedics and transported to Liverpool hospital in stable conditions.

A male driver was declared dead at the scene. Picture: John Appleyard

Dramatic photos from the scene show emergency crews surrounding the three wreckages of the cars.

Police cordoned off the area with crime scene tape and will look into what happened.

Traffic was affected in the area, with the road closed in both directions between Belmore Road and King Georges Road on Monday night until 12:30am.