Police are responding to reports of a ram raid on a bank in Sydney’s CBD.
A black Porsche four-wheel drive crashed into the front of the Westpac branch on Kent Street a short time about 11:15am (AEST).
Police say the four-wheel drive crashed into a wall beside the ATM and three men armed with sledgehammers entered the bank through the opening and took money from the tellers.
A blue Subaru sedan was waiting for the men to escape in.
Police say they have fielded a large number of calls from witnesses who are describing the incident as a ram raid or armed robbery.
Paramedics are at the scene and have treated a number of people for shock.
Witness Cheryl Hudswell had just walked out of the Westpac branch when the four-wheel drive crashed.
“I just thought it was an accident and I though this guy was trying to get away,” she said.
“But then he, with a lot of force, had the second go at it… then I thought ‘He’s a maniac’.
“The next minute these two guys jumped out with sledge hammers and everything else and started smashing.
“I usually go to that ATM. I always got to that ATM… Normally there’s a line-up in this street for that ATM.
“There were people everywhere. It was like the middle of the city, everyone’s taking photos of them and that sort of stuff and they just kept going. Nothing was going to stop them.”
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