{"id":389661,"date":"2026-01-03T20:26:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/389661\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T20:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:26:26","slug":"driver-pulled-from-car-wreckage-after-m4-police-chase-in-western-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/389661\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver pulled from car wreckage after M4 police chase in Western Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A driver is under police guard in hospital after a chase ended in a <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/western-sydney?page=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Western Sydney<\/a> smash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The 28-year-old man was pursued in an allegedly stolen car spotted on the M4 Motorway about 8.50pm on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Highway officers tried to pull the man over, but he allegedly failed to stop, and was chased to Reservoir Rd at Blacktown where the pursuit was terminated, NSW Police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-178igh4-StyledParagraph e1s06mna1\">Know the news with the 7NEWS app: <a class=\"css-h2mhmv-StyledContextualLink e1s06mna0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/app?utm_source=7NEWS&amp;utm_medium=contextual-link-app&amp;utm_campaign=7news-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download today Arrow<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cA short time later, the vehicle crashed into another vehicle further along on Reservoir Rd,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The 28-year-old man was found trapped in the wreckage when emergency services arrived at the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">He was freed from the vehicle and taken to hospital with minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The driver of the other car involved in the crash, a 25-year-old man, was also treated for minor injuries and taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">No charges have been laid at this stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Investigations into the crash are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"css-6fiqrm-StyledLinkWrapper e1y7kr221\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/sydney-mother-melissa-austin-dies-saving-son-as-three-lives-lost-in-nsw-beach-tragedies-c-21187452\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Disbelief\u2019 as mother dies saving son at beach<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xp0jgm-StyledTimeToRead e1y7kr223\">2 min read<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"css-6fiqrm-StyledLinkWrapper e1y7kr221\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/redcliffe-mother-rachel-dear-seriously-injured-as-christmas-roast-explodes-into-fireball-c-21187360\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Christmas roast explosion leaves mum badly burned<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xp0jgm-StyledTimeToRead e1y7kr223\">1 min read<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A driver is under police guard in hospital after a chase ended in a Western Sydney smash. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,33717,48,8984,44,4277],"class_list":["post-389661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-car-accidents-sydney","tag-crime","tag-disaster-and-emergency","tag-news","tag-nsw-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}