2020 Pending Review
Road Rage Gone Wrong
Double road-rage death after two men fighting on highway hit by oncoming truc
© Provided by ABC NEWS The truck fatally struck the men on a stretch of highway near Woodburn. (ABC News)
Two men have been killed after they stopped their vehicles on a highway to fight and were hit by a passing truck on the far north coast in New South Wales. Emergency services were called to the accident on the Pacific Highway, south of Woodburn about 8:10pm last night. NSW Police have been told the drivers of an SUV and a semi-trailer that was carrying logs, were both travelling south along the highway, when the drivers were involved in a minor altercation. The drivers stopped about 5km south of Woodburn and got out of their vehicles.
Witnesses have told police the men were fighting in the northbound lane when they were struck by a B-double being driven by a 35-year-old man from Albury. Both men sustained critical injuries and died at the scene.
The driver of the truck was taken to Ballina Hospital where he has undergone mandatory blood and urine testing.
Police are still working to formally identify the two men killed. The Pacific Highway has been reopened in both directions this morning and there are no delays to traffic in the area.
Submitted on 05/11/2020
Submitted by:
Stephen Huggett
Reference:
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/double-road-rage-death-after-two-men-fighting-on-highway-hi