Woman knocked over as she cared for twins

A woman has been injured by a drunk driver as she was placing her twin granddaughters into her car in Sydney’s east.

A 40-year-old man crashed his Mercedes-Benz outside a car wash on Anzac Parade in Kingsford shortly after midday (AEST) on Monday.

The Mercedes went into the back of a parked car, throwing the 53-year woman onto the footpath as she placed her five-year-old granddaughters into the back of her car.

The twins were unhurt but their grandmother suffered a fractured pelvis, a broken clavicle and eye socket, as well as a deep cut to her head.

She was taken to St Vincent’s Hospital where she remains in a stable condition.

Police say the driver was taken to Maroubra police station after he failed a mandatory roadside breath test, and was later charged with low-range drink driving and dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.

He had his licence suspended and will face Waverley Local Court on June 6.

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