9/12/2011
A road worker has died after being struck by a street sweeper in Melbourne's east. The man, in his 40's was carrying out road maintenance at a work site on Canterbury Road at Bayswater North when the street sweeper reversed over him.
A fellow road worker raised the alarm but the man died before paramedics arrived. WorkSafe has seized the street sweeper and are still investigating the incident. The police will prepare a report on the man's death for the coroner.