{"id":267486,"date":"2025-11-06T22:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/267486\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T22:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:38:10","slug":"worker-dies-after-being-hit-by-vehicle-at-new-england-highway-construction-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/267486\/","title":{"rendered":"Worker dies after being hit by vehicle at New England Highway construction site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A worker has died at roadworks on the New England Highway, north of Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Just before midnight on Thursday, emergency services were called to the highway at Tarro, following reports a man had been hit by a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police were told the man was a member of staff and was standing behind a parked truck when he was allegedly hit by a material transfer vehicle (MTV) travelling towards the truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The man, aged 45, died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He is yet to be formally identified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The male driver of the vehicle was taken to Maitland Hospital for mandatory testing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A crime scene has been established and an investigation into the incident is underway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">SafeWork NSW has been notified.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Construction vehicles on a road.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/e351bf02de3176ad48f1f0a9bb6cc909\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Major roadworks are underway at Tarro for upgrades to the M1. (ABC Newcastle: Nakita Jager)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Major roadworks are underway at Tarro for the M1 extension from Black Hill to Raymond Terrace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">An MTV is a machine used to transfer asphalt for building and resurfacing roads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A worker has died at roadworks on the New England Highway, north of Newcastle. Just before midnight on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,156089,156094,156090,44,156093,156092,156088,156091],"class_list":["post-267486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fatal-workplace-accident","tag-man-dies-at-work","tag-new-england-highway","tag-news","tag-police-investigating","tag-safework-nsw","tag-tarro-worker-killed","tag-worker-killed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}