A seriously injured teenager is clinging to life after a car went down an embankment and crashed into a hospital underground car park.
Emergency services responded to reports that a car had veered off the road into a car park and crashed into a generator on Kingsway in Caringbah, in Sydney’s south, about 12.15am on Sunday.
It took emergency services at least an hour to free the teenager, who was too young to be alone behind the wheel, from the wreckage.
“The driver, a 16-year-old male, was freed from the vehicle by Fire and Rescue NSW before being treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics and taken to St George’s Hospital in a critical condition,” a police spokesperson said.
Sutherland Police established the crime scene, which specialist officers examined on Sunday.
The car reportedly went airborne before falling 10 meters from the road and crashing into a generator in the car park of the Kareena private hospital.
Police said speed was likely a factor in the crash, but added that the car had not been stolen.
Security cameras from a nearby gas station showed a Mazda sedan speeding down the street shortly after midnight Sunday.
The images show the car destroyed after falling 10 meters down an embankment and landing in a parking lot.
A hospital’s generator was seriously damaged in the accident and a child is in critical condition
The vehicle was caught trying to turn before leaving the road.
Witness Tarek Ouwaidat saw the car “driving so fast” before it crashed and rushed to the teen’s aid.
“I got in the car and tried to talk to him,” she said. nine news.
“He’s still alive but he can’t talk, he’s unconscious but I can hear him, he’s breathing.”
Paramedics worked for an hour to free the boy from the mangled Mazda.
Security cameras at a gas station in Sydney’s south showed the car speeding down the road.
“You could hear a car rolling, going up on the roof, on the wheels and on the roof, and when I turned around I couldn’t see it,” another witness said.
One local mother said she was devastated by the news and feared another mother was about to receive a tragic phone call.
Tire marks led to the accident site, leaving a trail almost 100 meters long.
The teen remained in critical condition Sunday night.
Anyone with information, CCTV or dashcam should call Crime Stoppers.