A woman and child are fighting for their lives after the car they were traveling in crashed into the back of a parked truck.
Emergency services had to rescue the woman, aged in her 20s, and eight-year-old boy from the rubble after the collision in St Marys, western Sydney, shortly after 3am on Friday.
Both were treated at the scene on Christie Street by paramedics before being rushed to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition.
A woman and child are fighting for their lives after the car they were traveling in crashed into a parked truck in St Marys, western Sydney.
Police set up a crime scene and launched an investigation into the cause of the accident.
Motorists were urged to avoid the area with Christie St closed in both directions between Lee Holme Drive and Werrington Rd.
Heartbreaking photographs from the scene showed a white hatchback crashed into the back of the truck.
Debris was seen strewn across the road and the rear trunk of the car had been lifted.
Emergency services had to rescue the woman, aged in her 20s, and the eight-year-old boy from the rubble after the collision in St Marys, western Sydney, shortly after 3am on Friday.