Three dead after fiery crash in Sydney CBD

A man is fighting for his life in hospital and three people are dead after a car mounted a barrier, flipped and caught fire in Sydney's CBD.

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Three people have been burnt to death and another has been critically injured after a car flipped and burst into flames in Sydney's CBD.

The four victims were in a high-performance Nissan GTR that mounted an overpass barrier on Pier Street, flipped onto its roof and caught fire just before 3am on Saturday.

Using fire extinguishers, police doused the car's burning occupants but only one could be removed from the car alive.

Police are appealing for any footage of the car from the time of the crash.

It's believed the vehicle travelled down Goulburn Street at speed before the driver lost control and hit an overpass barrier on Pier St.

The car then appears to have rotated mid-air, before it landed on its roof and ignited.


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