{"id":396738,"date":"2026-01-07T04:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T04:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/396738\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T04:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T04:35:13","slug":"truck-crashes-into-five-cars-on-picton-road-at-cataract-north-of-wollongong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/396738\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck crashes into five cars on Picton Road at Cataract, north of Wollongong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">More than a dozen patients are being treated after a truck collided with multiple cars at a major road connecting Wollongong and south-west Sydney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">New South Wales Ambulance said the semi-trailer collided with five cars after hitting a guardrail on Picton Road near Cataract, north of Wollongong, about midday on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"semi trailer cross the road with car crashed into bush\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/071c028563542e06a7dabaedf43b221a.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">More than a dozen people are being treated by paramedics following a multi-car crash involving a truck north of Wollongong.\u00a0 (ABC Penny Burfitt)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Paramedics, including a helicopter, are tending to 13 patients at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A man in his 30s with pelvic, chest and arm injuries is being airlifted to a Sydney hospital in a serious condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Three other people are being transported to Wollongong Hospital in stable conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The male truck driver has been freed from the wreckage without injury by Fire and Rescue NSW.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Meanwhile, specialist fire trucks are working to contain about 100 litres of spilled diesel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Superintendent Adam Dewberry said the fuel was not a threat to vehicles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Rural Fire Service are providing fire protection,&#8221; Mr Dewberry said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"nearby cops and cars crashed in the distance\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81ae3b52961ef6e22467fc09d912890e.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Emergency services at the scene near Cataract. (ABC News: Penny Burfitt)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The road is closed in both directions, and Transport NSW has indicated that ongoing police investigations are expected to take some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than a dozen patients are being treated after a truck collided with multiple cars at a major&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[28222,64,63,211535,1154,44,211534,36568,211533],"class_list":["post-396738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-accident","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cataract-crash","tag-crash","tag-news","tag-picton-road-crash","tag-roads","tag-thirroul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396738","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=396738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}