UPDATE: Five injured in multi-vehicle crash at Mooney Mooney
Saturday, 12 July 2025 02:25:45 PM
Clarification: the initial media release said four cars and a prime mover were involved; however, further inquiry indicated only three cars were stopped in the breakdown lane at the time of the crash.
Five men have been injured in a multi-vehicle crash on the M1 at Mooney Mooney this morning.
Police have been told a sedan left the roadway and struck the centre rock wall about 4am (Saturday 12 July 2025), 2km north of the Berowra turnoff.
The driver of a Hyundai, a 43-year-old man, stopped in the breakdown lane to assist the sedan driver, a 26-year-old man from Sydney.
The younger man got into the front passenger seat with the Hyundai driver, while two men – aged 39 and 48 –travelling in a third vehicle also stopped to assist.
Those men were standing in front of the parked vehicles when the cars were allegedly struck by a southbound prime mover, being driven by a 65-year-old man from the Northern Rivers, pinning them against a rock wall.
The 39-year-old man suffered a fractured pelvis and fractured femur, while the other man, from Chain Valley Bay, suffered a large cut to his lower leg.
The driver of the Hyundai suffered a cut to his leg, while the 26-year-old man suffered a back injury.
Officers attached to Kuring-Gai Police Area Command and Brisbane Water Police District, NSW Ambulance paramedics, Fire and Rescue NSW, and a rescue helicopter attended the scene.
All four were taken to Royal North Shore Hospital for assessment, while the driver of the prime mover was taken to Hornsby Hospital for assessment and mandatory testing.
All southbound lanes were closed for two hours while the scene was cleared.
Anyone with information about this incident – or who has relevant dashcam vision – is urged to contact Hornsby Police or Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.