Truck laden with logs sits empty on a lonely stretch of highway after its driver stopped to trade blows with another motorist before both were KILLED when a truck ploughed into them
- A B-double truck ploughed into two male pedestrians on the NSW north coast
- Emergency crews were called to the crash on the Pacific Highway about 8.10pm
- The truck driver, 35, wasn’t injured and was taken to hospital for blood testing
- It’s believed the two pedestrians were throwing punches before the truck crash
- A witness said the truck driver was ‘hysterical’ after striking the two men
A truck loaded with wooden logs sits empty by the side of a lonely stretch of highway after its driver was mowed down beside it.
The man in his 40s had pulled over to confront another motorist and their argument turned into a fistfight that spilled on to the road.
A passing truck crashed into them as they fought, killing both at the scene on the Pacific Highway in northern NSW about 8.10pm on Monday.
The second victim, a man in his 30s from Grafton, was driving an SUV with his partner in the passenger seat.
Two drivers – one of whom was driving this log truck – who reportedly stopped by the side of a highway to fight were killed when a passing truck ploughed into them both
A passing truck crashed into them as they fought, killing both at the scene on the Pacific Highway in northern NSW
Police are now scouring the scene about 5km south of Woodburn where the truck still sits on Tuesday morning.
A driver who arrived on the scene moments after the crash said he initially thought someone was having a heart attack.
‘A car was parked in the middle of the road with the hazard lights on and a woman was inside crying hysterically,’ he told the Daily Telegraph.
The witness, who asked not to be named, said a truck was parked behind the car with its hazard lights flashing.
This stretch of the Pacific Highway was closed for most of Tuesday night at emergency services combed through the scene
The lonely piece of highway in northern NSW about 5km south of Woodburn
The driver of this semi-trailer carrying a load of logs is from Smiths Lake, aged in his 40s
‘I got out thinking she was upset because she may have got into a minor crash. Then I found out her partner was killed metres away, and he was still under the truck,’ he said.
The 35-year-old truck driver who hit the men wasn’t injured but was ‘hysterical’.
He was taken to Ballina Hospital for mandatory blood and urine testing.
Richmond Police Chief Inspector Peter McKenna said drivers should pull over if another vehicle was tailgating them, instead of confronting them.
‘If you think a vehicle is tailgating you, just pull over and contact police,’ he said on ABC radio on Tuesday morning.
A crime scene has been established and an investigation is underway to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Police are now scouring the scene about 5km south of Woodburn