An Aussie muscle car driver has miraculously escaped a shocking crash without serious injury.
Paramedics rushed to the scene of a serious four-car smash on Henry Lawson Drive in Padstow in South West Sydney at about 1pm Wednesday, having received several calls from concerned witnesses.
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But only two drivers suffered minor injuries as a result of the smash – including the driver of a classic Ford that was split in two.
NSW Ambulance Acting Inspector Todd Swinnerton said he had “never seen anything like it”.
“He was sitting behind his steering wheel with his seatbelt torn off. He was completely uninjured. It was absolutely wild,” he said.
“Our medical retrieval guys turned up and asked ‘how this guy is alive’.
“No one was hurt. We took two people to hospital with very minor injuries – the guy in the Ford had a bit of seatbelt abrasion.”
The blue machine was a 1971 Ford Falcon GT that represents one of Australia’s most collectable muscle cars.
Genuine examples of the breed sell from anywhere from $100,000 for a regular Falcon GT to $1 million or more for rare GT-HO versions.
Acting Inspector Swinnerton said the car is believed to have been travelling East over the Salt Pan Creek Bridge when the driver collided with another vehicle, then crossed the median strip into oncoming traffic where the Falcon was split in two.
“The guy that crashed his $100,000 GT Falcon is not having a good day, but he’s alive,” he said.
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“He’s very lucky.”
Crash witnesses posting to local Facebook pages said the man was lucky to escape the “miracle” crash.
“Amazing nobody killed or seriously injured,” one person said.
“I drove past this. This was chaotic looked very scary too.”
