Major Sydney tunnel closed after crane truck rolls over

A awesome Sydney passageway has been closed aft a crane motortruck rolled complete inside.

The M5 passageway has been unopen eastbound pinch 1 lane closed westbound adjacent to Sydney Airport.

A "large amount of hazardous oil" has been spilled, pinch experts from Fire and Rescue NSW working to incorporate it.

Environmental experts are besides connected nan scene.

The clang has besides damaged nan occurrence sprinkler strategy and passageway wall.

"This clang has taken retired nan captious occurrence suppression strategy successful nan tunnel," Superintendent Adam Dewberry from Fire and Rescue NSW said.

As a precaution, firefighters will position 2 occurrence trucks astatine nan extremity of nan passageway successful lawsuit of a fire, he said.

Dewberry said crews are moving to get westbound postulation moving.

They're besides grappling pinch getting nan conveyance out.

Citybound commuters heading eastbound look a longer wait.

"It is looking for illustration it will return immoderate clip for eastbound," Dewberry said.

The driver sewage retired aft nan clang and only suffered insignificant injuries.

Motorists tin besides see exiting earlier astatine nan King Georges Road off-ramp to detour on nan D5.

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