Driver’s lucky escape after tram and car collide in Surry Hills
A car has collided head-on with a Sydney tram in Surry Hills, trapping the vehicle’s driver.
Emergency services have freed the man, who sustained only minor cuts to his face, from the wreckage outside the Shakespeare Hotel on Devonshire Street.
JUST IN: A car has collided head-on with the light rail at Devonshire St, Surry Hills, outside the Shakespeare Hotel.
The driver of the vehicle is trapped and emergency services are attending.
No one on the light rail was injured.
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Light rail services have now resumed between Central and Randwick on the L2 Randwick Line, and between Central and Juniors Kingsford on the L3 Kingsford Line.
Passengers are encouraged to allow extra travel time.
Traffic is heavy in the area.