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Posted: 2022-11-10 02:35:14
Paramedics say it may have been "divine intervention" that stopped a car full of nuns, aged between 82 and 100-years-old, from driving down an embankment in Sydney's west last night.

9News understands the nuns had returned from a day trip to the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary Institute on Fairlight Road in Mulgoa, when the driver hit the accelerator instead of the brake.

The 46-year-old woman was pulling into a car park when the car drove through a post, before crashing into a tree trunk, which stopped the car from falling down an embankment.
An 83-year-old is currently in hospital in a critical condition after the crash. (Nine)

An 83-year-old passenger was airlifted to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition.

The driver and four other women were treated for a range of bumps and bruises in the car park.

NSW ambulance inspector Nathan Sheraton said it was very fortunate the car was stopped by a tree stump.

"Divine intervention was definitely involved here," Sheraton said.

Kathryn from the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary Institute said the women were "pioneers". (Nine)

Kathryn from the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary Institute said one sister remained in hospital in intensive care while the others recovered at home this morning.

"These women are pioneers, they came to Australia as missionaries a lot of them," Kathryn said.

"Now it is their time to have some peace, understand and compassion from the community at large."

Many of the nuns came from Germany to serve a life of devotion under the Roman Catholic Church.

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