VIC:Man dies after running under moving truck

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2011
VIC:Man dies after running under moving truck

A man's friends have looked on in horror as he was run over and killed while attempting
to run under a moving semi-trailer in Melbourne.

The 23-year-old had been standing on a footpath with his friends on Phoenix Street
in Brunswick when tried to cross the road by running under a slow-moving semi-trailer
at a quarter to 11 last night (AEST).

He was struck by the rear tyres of the truck and died at the scene despite attempts
by his friends to revive him.

Ambulance Victoria spokesman RAY ROWE says the truck driver also required minor treatment
for shock.

The death brings Victoria's weekend road toll to three.

(EDS: AAP's long weekend road toll figures are for the period 0001 April 21 to 2359
April 26. The official police Easter road toll ends at 2359 Monday April 25 and does not
include the extra public holiday on Tuesday for Anzac Day).

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KEYWORD: TOLL VIC (MELBOURNE)

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