Hundreds of Vehicles Disabled by Scattered Steel Shards on Motorway

Up to 380 cars left stranded after truck drops 750 kilograms of sharp metal across a stretch of motorway in Sydney.

A vehicle stops at a checkpoint on the Pacific Highway on the Queensland - New South Wales border in Brisbane on April 15, 2020. Patrick Hamilton/AFP /AFP via Getty Images

Hundreds of vehicles were damaged and traffic came to a standstill after sharp metal fragments were strewn across a major motorway north of Sydney early May 2 morning.

Around 5 a.m., a truck reportedly lost a load of steel debris along more than 25 kilometres of the southbound lanes on the M1 Motorway. The debris punctured tyres on up to 380 vehicles, leaving thousands of drivers stranded.