Vic: Woman killed by truck, charges unlikely: police

AAP General News (Australia)
12-30-2009
Vic: Woman killed by truck, charges unlikely: police

MELBOURNE, Dec 30 AAP - A truck driver who struck and killed a woman in Melbourne's
west is unlikely to be charged, police say.

The woman was hit at the corner of Geelong Road and Barkly Street in Footscray about
7.50am (AEDT) on Wednesday.

Paramedics attempted CPR on the woman, but she died at the scene, an Ambulance Victoria
spokeswoman said.

The truck driver was apparently turning right and had a green light when the woman
was hit, police said.

A Victoria Police spokeswoman said the driver was unlikely to be charged because he
did not break the law.

The identity of the woman is not yet known as she did not have any identification on her.

The woman's death takes Victoria's holiday road toll to 15. The annual road toll is
294, nine fewer than at the same time last year.



(EDS: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 18 to 2359 January
3. Some states and territories have different periods.)

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