Woman dies after being hit by truck

A woman has been killed after she going under a running truck on Friday morning on Princes Motorway near Wollongong in NSW. According police reports, she suddenly fell on the road from the passenger seat of a moving car seconds before getting hit by the truck. The incident took place at around 7:45 a.m.

Superintendent Wayne Starling from the Lake Illawarra Local Area Command told local news agency Illawarra Mercury that the woman was travelling in a north-bound car with a man on the wheel. He said it was difficult for the truck to avoid collision right at the moment.

"[The car] was seen to swerve on the roadway and, a short time later, a female has left the vehicle and been hit by another vehicle and died immediately," Superintendent Starling said. "Several vehicles took evasive action to try to avoid hitting the female. Unfortunately one couldn't -- just didn't have sufficient time."

The police also reported that the driver of the truck as well as that of the car have been taken for mandatory blood and alcohol tests. A number of witnesses present at the accident site, including an off-duty police officer, underwent shock therapies by NSW paramedics after the incident.

“It’s horrific for police, but even more so for the family and friends," Supt Starling said. "It’s horrible for the whole community; it will send a ripple effect through the whole community.”

The woman has not been identified yet. A police spokeswoman said that it is still unknown what made the car swerve the way it did and what made the woman slide from the passenger seat of the running vehicle and fall on the road. The relationship between the woman and the man driving the car is also unclear.

Police will block the north-bound motorway for several hours to investigate the accident. However, the south-bound traffic will remain normal.

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