'My wife can't believe they are still alive': Woman, 21, and teenage passenger cheat death in horror crash that split their car in two
- A pair of young women are lucky to be alive after a horror car crash split their car
- The 21-year-old driver and her friend, 17, crawled from burning wreckage Friday
- Police say the car was 'literally wrapped around' a power pole when they arrived
- An unknown man helped driver Mariam Yousif from the car and called her family
A pair of young women have cheated death after a horrific car accident saw a 21-year-old's beloved Mitsubishi split in half and 'literally wrapped around' a power pole.
Mariam Yousif and her best friend Sarah Batto, 17, were pulled from the wreckage of the elder's car in Sydney's west on Friday night.
Rescuers helped pull the young women from the burning debris, one through the shattered front windshield, in what is being heralded as a 'challenging' operation.
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Mariam Yousif, 21, (pictured) is lucky to be alive after a horror car crash in Sydney's west on Friday night
Emergency services were called to the corner of Cumberland Highway and Percival Road in Smithfield about 8.20pm on Friday
Mariam and her best friend Sarah Batto, 17, were pulled from the wreckage of the elder's car
A passing stranger helped Mariam out of the mangled mess of burning metal on the corner of the Cumberland Highway and Percival Road in Smithfield and onto a footpath before alerting her family, The Daily Telegraph reported.
The man, whose identity remains unknown, calmed the distraught young woman down enough to elicit her father's phone number and tell him what had happened.
Wail Yousif and his wife Nahrin rushed to the horrific scene with paramedics already attending, at which point the anonymous man had left.
Ms Yousif broke down in tears at the sight of the mangled mess, with Mr Yousif saying neither of them could believe anyone was capable of surviving the crash.
'I ran down there and couldn't believe what I had found. When I saw that car I thought no one could come out of it,' Mr Yousif said.
'My wife can't believe they are still alive when you see the car. It's not easy for mum and dad to see this.'
A stranger, whose identity remains unknown, helped Mariam out of the burning wreck and alerted her family. She was treated for shock and observed for potential internal bleeding
Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash
But the two young friends, who had planned to go for a coffee on Friday night, did survive and were carted into the same ambulance on a pair of stretchers.
Mariam and her family are hopeful she will be released from Liverpool Hospital on Sunday, where she currently remains under observation for minor aches and pains.
Sarah, meanwhile, suffered a fractured nose and underwent examinations for possible internal bleeding, police told Daily Mail Australia.
Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash.
Traffic and Highway Patrol Inspector Phil Brooks says it's fortunate the two young women weren't added to the road toll, which has already seen 15 people lose their lives on NSW roads in the first 12 days of the year.
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