Female driver dies after garbage truck rolls onto its roof

Despite the best efforts of attending paramedics, the female garbage truck driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

A woman has died after a garbage truck left a rural road in NSW’s Riverina region and rolled onto its roof.

Emergency services were alerted to the incident about 12.45pm on Tuesday. The truck had been travelling west on Ferndale Rd in Rand, about 65km northwest of Albury and about 3km west of Mile Rd.

The garbage truck left the road and rolled onto its roof. Picture: Google Maps

It was discovered upon arrival that the garbage truck had left the road and rolled onto its roof.

The female driver, aged in her 50s, was trapped inside.

While attending emergency services personnel were able to remove her from the vehicle, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
She is yet to be formally identified.

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Originally published as Female driver dies after garbage truck rolls onto its roof