<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A woman is in hospital with serious injuries after a car drove into outdoor seating at a cafe in Sydney this morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two customers were sitting at an outside table at a cafe on Norton Street, Leichhardt about 9.50am when a silver BMW rolled across two lanes of traffic and drove into them.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A woman, believed to be aged in her 70s, was pinned to the wall of the cafe by the car.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/toolooa-fatal-house-fire-charges-murder-gladstone-queensland-news/bb389c85-26aa-4156-a6f4-e604d7be8634" target="_blank"><strong><span>Woman charged with murder after mother, boys die in house fire</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in a serious but stable condition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The other patron managed to move out of the car's path, but was thrown to the ground in the process.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>CCTV vision showed bystanders sprinting towards the car in desperate attempts to stop it from hitting diners.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/leichhardt-sydney-cafe-crash/ab7a58fa-c24d-4a3b-8245-7d9e6a98f0a1" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Witnesses rushed to the aid of the victim and helped pull her out from the crash scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Other bystanders ordered the driver out of the car.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was seen rustling through items on the passenger seat before getting back into the car and fleeing the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police located the car a short time later and arrested the driver, a man believed to be aged in his 30s.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital under police guard for assessment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></a><span> </span><strong><span>and</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>