NSW: Peak hour commuters stuck on M5 after crash

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2004
NSW: Peak hour commuters stuck on M5 after crash

Thousands of Sydney's peak hour commuters are being held up on a motorway after a
pile-up involving three trucks and two cars.

By just before 5pm (AEDT), all three westbound lanes on the M5 Motorway at St Georges
Rd in Sydney's south-west were still closed following the 2.30pm accident.

Car cars on the eastbound carriageway were at a standstill

A NSW police spokeswoman says a man, 30 and a woman, 35, were trapped in wreckage,
but released after 40 minutes and taken to Liverpool Hospital with minor injuries.

The spokeswoman says there were five people involved in the accident, one in each vehicle.

Traffic is being diverted at King Georges Road and police are advising motorists to
avoid the area.

It's not known when the M5 will be re-opened.

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