Overview
- Police reported a truck struck a pedestrian about 8:30am on High St in Bendigo near Girton Grammar School.
- A passer-by began CPR and Advanced Life Support and a Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance responded, but the pedestrian died at the scene.
- The truck driver was not injured and is assisting police with the investigation.
- Formal identification is pending, with local outlets earlier reporting the victim to be about 12 and 9News later reporting the boy was 15 and walking to school.
- Investigators are determining the circumstances, with 9News reporting the crash occurred at a busy intersection roughly 250 metres from the school and the principal pledging support for the school community.