انصاف · Coffs Harbour workplace deathCoffs Harbour ute crash: Worker dies five days after service station collisionتحریری 26 اکتوبر، 2026 کو 10:48 PM UTCدیکھیںنقلِ متن0:07A service station worker has died after a Ute struck and dragged him beneath it.0:11The thirty-six-year old was checking underground fuel, tank levels at work.0:15Police and workplace safety investigators are now examining a fatal collision.0:19How the Ute came to hit him is still under investigation.0:22The worker was crouching near the north, western side of the United Forecourt on0:25Harbour Drive in Coffs Harbor.0:27Police say he was checking the underground tanks when he was hit.0:30The station is on the New South Wales North Coast.0:32The Ute struck him on October twenty.0:34He died at John Hunter Hospital on October twenty-five.0:37Five days later, police confirmed his death on October twenty-six.0:40While the investigation into the collision continued, emergency services were called0:44at about seven that evening after the worker became trapped beneath the vehicle.0:48The Ute was a black Mazda duel cab.0:51Members of the public gave him first aid while he was still underneath it.0:54Police attended alongside NSW Ambulance, Fire and Rescue NSW, and the State0:59Emergency Service.1:00Crews worked for about half an hour to free him.1:02Rescuers struggled to reach the trapped worker.1:04Ambulance acting inspector Taylor Chapman described the problem.1:07She said, It was incredibly difficult initially.1:09With the access to the patient being restricted, paramedics treated him before he1:13was taken to hospital.1:15He reached Coffs Harbor Base Hospital in a critical condition.1:18He was then flown to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle for further treatment.1:22He remained in hospital until his death on Sunday, October20,5 .1:26Police charged the alleged driver, Jessica May Breen, who is forty four.1:30She underwent mandatory testing before officers took her to Coffs Harbor Police1:33Station.1:34The charges had been laid by the morning of October20, one, before the worker died.1:38Breen faces negligent driving, occasioning grievous bodily harm, and a bail breach1:43allegation relating to separate offenses.1:45Those allegations await court proceedings.1:47No additional charges had been laid as of October twenty-six after the worker's1:51death.1:52The bail breach allegation concerns those separate offenses.1:55It doesn't describe how the collision happened.1:57Breen was granted bail on Wednesday, October twenty one.2:00She had initially been refused bail pending a court appearance that day.2:04Her next scheduled appearance is at Coffs Harbor Local Court on Wednesday, October2:07twenty eight.2:08Police initially found no indication that the worker had been targeted.2:11Acting inspector Amanda Crouch said the woman had gone to the station to collect2:15fuel and was leaving the forecourt when the collision happened.2:18Crouch said there had been no previous interaction between the driver and the2:21worker.2:22They are not known to each other, she said.2:23She gave that preliminary assessment on October21 , while investigators were still2:28examining the circumstances.2:30The crash investigation unit and SafeWork are investigating the fatal injury.2:34Their inquiries cover the vehicle collision and the safety of a worker carrying out2:37a service station task.2:39Police haven't yet explained precisely how the Ute came to hit him.2:43Police will also prepare a report for the coroner.مضمون پڑھیںخبر کی زمانی ترتیبHeyDexمختصر ویڈیو ↗
