Blacktown: NSW Ambulance paramedics rush teenage motorcycle rider to Westmead Hospital after guardrail crash

A young motorcycle rider has been rushed to hospital with multiple injuries after passing a bus and crashing into a guard rail in Sydney’s west. Here is what we know.

Emergency services at the scene, at the intersection Sunnyholt Rd and Turner St in Blacktown.

A teenage motorcycle rider has been rushed to hospital with multiple injuries after a crash involving a bus in Sydney’s west on Tuesday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the scene at the intersection of Sunnyholt Rd and Turner St, in Blacktown, about 1.35pm.

A Transport for NSW spokesperson said the motorcyclist passed a bus and then lost control and crashed into a guard rail.

A NSW Ambulance spokesman said a male in his late teens had suffered multiple injuries and had been taken to Westmead Hospital in a serious condition.

Traffic in both directions of the transit lane of Sunnyholt Rd and Turner St has been affected, with some buses forced to take alternative routes.