Greenacre crash: Driver released after horror shop smash - NEWS.com.au

The driver of a station wagon that crashed into a Sydney hijab shop, injuring 14 people, has been released from police custody.

Police say the 51-year-old was taken to Liverpool Hospital and underwent mandatory testing before being taken to Bankstown Police Station.

He was interviewed by officers from the crash investigation unit and later released, police said in a statement early on Friday.

Security footage showed the wagon rear-end another car at traffic lights in Greenacre before racing through a busy intersection into Hijab House.

The incident happened about 3.10pm on Thursday, days out from the end of Ramadan. At least two people inside the shop suffered broken bones. Police said 14 people in total, including a 13-year-old girl, were treated at the scene.

They were taken to different hospitals with a range of injuries, none of them life-threatening. Most of the injured were women aged between 18 and 36.

The reason for the crash remains under investigation and police are seeking witnesses. They said the man was known for traffic matters, and there was no indication the crash was terror-related.

Videos from the scene show the vehicle collided with the back of another car while stopped at the lights before pushing it forward and then continuing across the intersection into the shop.

Assistant Commissioner Peter Thurtell said the 51-year-old male driver was conscious at the time of the crash.

He said “for reasons yet to be known” the SUV collided with the back of another car which then hit the brakes.

“We don't know whether there was intent at all at this stage … but we will be exploring all avenues,” he said.

“Quite clearly from the footage, he's pushing the vehicle in front of him quite hard in order to smoke the tyres like that.”

Vision circulating on social media shows car horns blaring and at least one vehicle with smoke billowing from it before the SUV drives past a white car and appears to accelerate across the intersection and into the shop.

In photographs of the aftermath, glass panes are smashed and the dark red SUV is inside the shop with clothing racks pulled out onto the street and people on the floor or stepping over rubble to get out.

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