Police are battling to identify a hitch-hiker killed on Wednesday night after he fell from the back of a truck near Collingullie about 10.45pm.
The man, believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s, reportedly climbed onto the back of the B-double truck when it stopped at a set of traffic lights in Wagga.
The driver of a truck travelling west along the Sturt Highway behind the B-double saw the man clinging to the back of the trailer and attempted to contact the other driver on the UHF radio.
When the truck driver carting the hitch-hiker did not respond he began flashing his lights but failed to get the driver’s attention.
The hitch-hiker then reportedly fell from the back of the trailer.
Though both drivers stopped to help the hitch-hiker, police said that he died at the scene.
A report is currently being prepared for the coroner.
Anyone with any information on the incident should contact Wagga police on 6922 2540.
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