A truck has collided with a light rail tram bringing services to a grinding halt.
The truck driver was treated for minor injuries after the crash at the intersection of Pitt and Hay Street, in Haymarket in Sydney‘s CBD, just before 7am on Friday.
Emergency services, including police and multiple fire crews rushed to the scene.
A NSW Ambulance spokesman told Daily Mail Australia the male truck driver sustained minor injuries.
A woman was also treated at the scene for arm injuries. Both patients did not need to be taken to hospital.
It is not known whether the woman was inside the tram when she sustained her injuries.
The collision caused the tram to derail, forcing all 60 passengers on board to evacuate the tram the Daily Telegraph reports.
The truck driver was treated for minor injuries after the crash at the intersection of Pitt and Hay Street in Haymarket in Sydney’s CBD (pictured)
The front windscreen of the tram was smashed and the front bumper was also damaged after it got crushed by the side of the truck.
The truck collided into a nearby traffic pole following the collision.
The area has been taped off and Pitt Street has since been closed to motorists.
L1 Dulwich Hill Line services are now cancelled between Convention and Central with commuters urged to catch the bus instead.
The front windscreen of the tram was smashed and the front bumper was also damaged after it got crushed by the side of the truck (pictured)
Northbound traffic remains heavy on Pitt Street.
A NSW Police spokeswoman told Daily Mail officers are investigating the incident.
Transport for NSW Acting Coordinator General Craig Moran told 2GB there will be significant delays on the light rail network.
‘The light rail vehicle has become derailed so it will probably take a number of hours before we will be able to get that light rail service back in operation,’ Mr Moran said.
Commuters have been urged to catch buses instead with police investigating the circumstances surrounding the cause of the crash (pictured)