{"id":397997,"date":"2026-01-07T17:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/397997\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T17:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:56:14","slug":"six-people-rushed-to-hospital-after-crash-between-truck-and-multiple-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/397997\/","title":{"rendered":"Six people rushed to hospital after crash between truck and multiple cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six people are in hospital and a major road remains closed after a multi-car crash north of the NSW city of Wollongong.\ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n

Five cars and a truck were caught up in the accident on Picton Road at Cataract just after midday today.<\/p>\n

NSW Ambulance chief inspector Norm Rees said on arrival the crash scene was “chaotic” and spread over a long distance of more than 130 metres.<\/p>\n

\"SixEmergency services were called to the scene just after midday today. (9News)<\/p>\n

“It appears the driver, a 44-year-old male, has veered onto the wrong side of the road due to a medical episode,” Rees said.<\/p>\n

“The truck has tried to avoid it, hitting the guard rail and then running back into traffic.”<\/p>\n

Rees said the 44-year-old was flown to Liverpool in a serious condition and his wife was taken to Liverpool Hospital.<\/p>\n

\"AA 44-year-old man was flown to Liverpool in a serious condition. (9News)<\/p>\n

Four other patients were transported to Wollongong Hospital with various injuries due to the crash and exposure to the sun.<\/p>\n

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.<\/p>\n

“Police urge everyone just to take care when they’re driving through these school holidays,” NSW acting inspector Owen Barnes<\/p>\n

“Make sure you’re paying attention, make sure you’re not distracted and get to your destination safely.”\ufeff<\/p>\n

Picton Road at Cataract was closed in both directions but has since re-opened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six people are in hospital and a major road remains closed after a multi-car crash north of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-397997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397997","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=397997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}