Killara, Sydney: Truck driver finds seriously injured man on road

A truck driver stumbled upon a man left on a road with critical injuries and gave him first aid before emergency services arrived.

A truck driver saved a man with critical injuries after he was found on a road in Sydney’s north shore with a head injury on Wednesday morning.

The truck driver stumbled upon the man about 4.30am on Fiddens Wharf Rd in Killara, called emergency services and gave him first aid before police and paramedics arrived at the scene.

NSW Ambulance paramedics took the man to Royal North Shore Hospital where he remains in a critical condition.

The man was unable to give police a statement at the scene and remains unidentified.

A man was found critically injured in Killara. Picture: Monique Harmer

Police are investigating to determine the cause of his injuries but cannot rule out the possibilities of a medical incident, an assault or being hit by a car.

“Officers from Ku-ring-gai Police Area Command have established a crime scene along Fiddens Wharf Rd,” NSW police said in a statement on Wednesday morning.

“Traffic will be impacted around the intersection with Cook Rd and motorists are urged to avoid the area.

“Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call Hornsby Police or Crime Stoppers.”