Lucky escape for man hit by concrete truck in Echuca

By Ivy Jensen

Sep 8, 2020

A MAN miraculously escaped serious injury after being hit by a concrete truck in Echuca on Monday, September 7.

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A Moama man, driving the Boral truck, was heading south along Ogilvie Ave when the 27-year-old stepped out in front of him near the corner of Dobinson St, just before 10am.

Paramedics treated the man at the scene and took him to Echuca hospital before flying him by air ambulance helicopter to Bendigo hospital for treatment.

“He suffered non-life threatening injuries,” Campaspe Highway Patrol Sergeant Paul Nicoll said.

“He's very lucky to be alive, considering the truck was doing about 70km/h.

“The truck driver was shaken up and a replacement driver was issued.”

Traffic was diverted while emergency services were at the scene.

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