Worker dies after Mount Wallace garbage truck crash


Tuesday, 03 May, 2022

Worker dies after Mount Wallace garbage truck crash

WorkSafe Victoria is investigating an incident in which a 69-year-old man died after the garbage truck he was driving collided with another garbage truck at Mount Wallace on 25 April 2022. The man was taken to hospital with serious injuries, but died on 27 April 2022. The death brings the workplace fatality toll to 14 for 2022, five fewer than at the same time last year.

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