Overview
- Emergency services responded to the Mugga Lane Resource Management Centre about 2:45pm on Oct. 1 after a reversing light truck struck the man.
- Police say the contact caused him to trip over a small wall and fall into the waste pit, resulting in non-survivable brain injuries.
- Paramedics treated him at the scene before he was taken to hospital, where he died on Friday, Oct. 10.
- The death takes the ACT's 2025 road toll to six, according to ACT Policing.
- Investigators report no indication of drugs or alcohol, the driver is assisting police, and the Major Collision Team is preparing a coroner's report while seeking witnesses via Crime Stoppers.