A number of people have been injured after a truck crashed at a McDonald's restaurant near Wollongong on Monday morning.

The crash on the Princes Highway at Fairy Meadow sparked a major response from emergency services, with seven ambulance crews on the scene and five Fire & Rescue NSW vehicles responding alongside NSW Police and Traffic and Highway Patrol Command.

The truck came to rest nose-to-nose with a white SUV, which was badly crumpled and pushed backwards through the steel pole fence. Credit:Illawarra Mercury

Emergency services were called about 10.45am, following reports the truck had hit a fire hydrant and several vehicles in the McDonald's car park.

It came to rest nose-to-nose with a white SUV, which was badly crumpled and pushed backwards through the steel pole fence of the Northgate unit complex. The car was earlier reported to have been a sedan.