Chaos after truck with crane crashes into homes, cars and gardens in early morning rampage – as the driver flees the scene
- Truck believed to be stolen crashes into cars, homes
- Incident caused widespread damage in Campbelltown
- Truck driver is on the run with police investigating
A truck has wreaked havoc on a suburban Sydney street, smashing into cars and homes in the early hours of the morning.
Emergency services were called to Gilchrist Drive in Campbelltown about 5am on Saturday to find an abandoned eight-wheeled flatbed truck, with attached crane, a number of smashed cars, uprooted trees, and debris from the remains of a nearby property’s front fence.
NSW Police say the truck is believed to have been stolen and the driver had fled the scene by the time they arrived.
No injuries have been reported.
A truck driver is on the run after a stolen eight-wheeled flatbed truck smashed into homes and cars in Campbelltown.
Vision from the scene shows at least two parked vehicles damaged in the crash – a hatchback (pictured) and a Nissan SUV – and concrete rubble from a home’s front wall strewn about the footpath
Vision from the scene shows at least two parked vehicles damaged in the crash – a hatchback and a Nissan SUV – and concrete rubble from a home’s front wall strewn about the footpath.
The impact appears to have knocked the home’s mailbox free from the brick wall.
‘A crime scene has been established and investigations are continuing into the circumstances surrounding the incident,’ a NSW Police spokeswoman said.
Emergency crews remain on the scene mopping up the damage.
‘A crime scene has been established and investigations are continuing into the circumstances surrounding the incident,’ a NSW Police spokeswoman said