A woman supervising a learner driver has died after a crash between the car and a truck in Sydney’s south-west on Wednesday.
About 6.30am, emergency services were called to Cowpasture Road North in Wetherill Park following reports a car and truck had crashed.
Officers were told a 55-year-old woman was standing outside a sedan after a minor collision involving a prime mover with an attached trailer.
The heavy vehicle then allegedly moved forward, striking the woman.
She was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics but she died at the scene.
The driver of the sedan, a 17-year-old boy who is a learner driver, was uninjured but treated at the scene for shock. The woman was his supervising driver.
The driver of the truck, a 51-year-old man, was uninjured and taken to Liverpool Hospital for mandatory testing.
A woman has died following a crash between a car and a truck in Wetherill Park.Credit: Nine
A crime scene has been established which will be examined by specialist officers from the Crash Investigation Unit.
A report will be prepared for the information of the coroner.
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