St John of God Murdoch has been forced to shut its emergency department after a vehicle crashed into the building.

A Department of Fire and Emergency Services spokesperson told The West Australian the crash happened at 10.13am on Thursday.

Two crews from the Fremantle Fire station are at the scene of the crash alongside WA Police.

DFES officials have confirmed no individuals are trapped in either the building or vehicle.

The hospital posted to its social media saying the private emergency department is “temporarily closed”.

“The nearest 24/7 Emergency Department is at Fiona Stanley Hospital, across the road,” the post said.

St John of God Health Care told The West Australian the closure was due to an “unforeseen incident on site”.

“Fire and Emergency and WA Police are onsite and supporting with the management of the incident,” a spokesperson said in a statement.

“All other hospital services continue to operate as normal.

“We apologise for the inconvenience and are working to safely restore services as soon as possible.

“We will continue to provide updates to the community via our website and social media channels.”

A witness to the incident, who only identified himself as Doug, told the West Australian he had been exiting the building when he saw the vehicle driving erratically in the carpark.

“As I’m approaching my wife’s car, I hear this screeching, and it comes in through the emergency entry of St John of God, and so I thought I’ll just stay where I am,” he said.

“The driver has gone past and is driving on the foot path . . . they side swiped a car and three humans jumped out the way, they were really lucky.

“It looked like the driver made a wrong turn — instead of turning left to get out of the hospital, he turned right which saw them go through a short cul-de-sac in a garden bed and hit the wall.”