An elderly man has died after he was hit by a reversing truck at a rubbish tip in Canberra.
The force of the crash pushed him into the rubbish collection area Mugga Lane Resource Management Centre in Symonston about 2.45pm on October 1.
The 78-year-old man from Pearce, in Canberra’s south, suffered critical injuries.
Paramedics treated him at the tip before taking him to hospital, where he died on Saturday.
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Because the accident happened in a “road-related area”, the death is being considered a road fatality, and is being investigated by ACT Road Policing’s Major Collision Team, ACT Policing said.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.
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