Food delivery death: Rider hit by a truck in Surry Hills
A man delivering takeaway food on a bicycle has died after being hit by a truck in Surry Hills – the fifth driver to die in three months.
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A fifth food delivery driver in three months has died on Sydney’s roads after he was hit by a truck in Surry Hills.
The cyclist collided with a truck on the corner of Cleveland and Chalmers Streets about 6.40pm on Monday night.
Witnesses said the cyclist was carrying a black delivery bag on his back.
The driver of the truck was taken to St Vincent’s for mandatory testing.
The man’s death was the second delivery driver death in two days after a Bangladeshi man identified as Bijoy Paul, was killed on Sunday night at Rockdale in Sydney’s south.
He was delivering an UberEats order from McDonald’s when he was hit by a car at about 11am.
Another delivery driver, 36 year-old Malaysian expat Chow Khai Shien, died in central Melbourne on Saturday October 24.
In September, Dede Fredy died following a crash with a car while working for UberEats.
A few days later, Xiaojun Chen was involved in a crash with a bus in Zetland while working for Hungry Panda.
The Transport Workers Union issued a statement after the two September deaths, with National Secretary Michael Kaine saying more needed to be done to protect delivery drivers.
“Food delivery riders have spoken out for years about danger and exploitation in the gig economy. Governments have refused to listen. We know of at least six riders who have been killed on Australian roads, but how many more have gone unreported?
“NSW parliament has the opportunity to make riders’ work safer and must do so without delay. The Federal Government must get off its hands and immediately intervene to prevent more needless deaths of food delivery riders,” Kaine said.
Originally published as Food delivery death: Rider hit by a truck in Surry Hills
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