Man in critical condition after high-speed car crash A 19-year-old man is in a critical condition after a high-speed car crash in south-east Sydney. The man connected with a pole at high-speed on a main road in the suburb of Botany, about 10 kilometres south-east of the Sydney CBD, at about 7 pm. There was no passenger in the car. Paramedics and firefighters worked to free the man for more than an hour. He was taken to St George Hospital and arrived after 9 pm in a critical condition. Police are investigating.