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Driver found 'eating Maccas' in car that crashed into Sydney fountain

ABC Australia · Jun 2, 2026, 11:40 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

Key takeaways

  • Police say they found the hire car poking out of the fountain early this morning.
  • About 4am, officers responded to reports that a vehicle had driven into a fountain in Sydney's CBD and found it appeared to have reversed into it.
  • "Half of it was sticking inside, and half it was sticking out, with the driver still inside," NSW Police Inspector Anderson Lessing told 702 ABC Sydney.

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Police say they found the hire car poking out of the fountain early this morning. (ABC News)

Link copied Share Share article NSW Police says a French national was "eating Macca's" inside a hire car that crashed into Hyde Park's Archibald Fountain early this morning.

About 4am, officers responded to reports that a vehicle had driven into a fountain in Sydney's CBD and found it appeared to have reversed into it.

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