A woman has been injured after the car she was driving was hit by an excavator bucket, causing it to roll on the M5 on Tuesday morning.
The crash left traffic at Hammondville at a standstill, after two eastbound lanes were closed while emergency services rescued the woman.
Emergency services were called to the scene near Heathcote Road just after 7am following reports of a single car rollover, an ambulance spokesman said, and traffic quickly began to build.
Police were told the bucket of an excavator came off the back of a truck and hit the Alfa Romeo car, causing it to roll.
The female driver of the car was trapped and three fire crews worked to release her, a Fire and Rescue NSW spokesman said.
The 25-year-old woman was then treated by paramedics at the scene for cuts to her face and head and a possible arm fracture before she was taken to Liverpool Hospital, the ambulance spokesman said.
Two of three eastbound lanes were initially closed just past Heathcote Road, and traffic was queued for more than 13 kilometres by about 8.15am.
While all lanes were reopened by 8.30am, a spokeswoman from the Traffic Management Centre said traffic did not ease until just after 9am.
Police were speaking to the driver of the truck following the incident, and appealing for witnesses to the crash to contact Crime Stoppers.
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