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Sydney news: Garbage truck driver charged after female pedestrian struck and killed in Sydney
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Garbage truck driver charged over death
A garbage truck driver has been charged with dangerous driving after a female pedestrian was killed in Sydney’s west yesterday.
The 32-year-old driver allegedly hit the woman at the intersection of Gurney Road and Woodlands Avenue in Chester Hill around 8:30am.
The woman, who is yet to be formally identified, died at the scene.
Police last night charged the man with dangerous and negligent driving occasioning death, disobeying a no-right-hand-turn sign and not giving way to a pedestrian.
He was granted conditional bail and will appear at Bankstown Local Court on March 11.
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