A service station employee in his 30s has died days after a ute ran over him at a petrol station in east Coffs Harbour on the NSW Mid North Coast. The incident happened on Tuesday evening, around 7pm, on the forecourt of a United Petroleum outlet. Police and paramedics attended, and the man was taken to hospital in critical condition before his death. Police allege a 44-year-old woman, who had just paid for fuel, drove off while he was checking the tanks and became pinned beneath the vehicle.
A 36-year-old service station worker remains in critical condition after a ute ran over him at a Coffs Harbour forecourt on Tuesday evening. Reports of him being trapped drew emergency crews to the United station on Harbour Drive around 7pm, and bystanders gave first aid before police, fire, ambulance and SES personnel freed him. He was taken to Coffs Harbour Hospital and later airlifted to John Hunter Hospital. Police were told he had been checking fuel tank levels when the collision happened.
A 36-year-old service station attendant was critically injured on Tuesday evening at a Coffs Harbour fuel station on the NSW Mid North Coast. Police allege he was pinned under a ute while checking a fuel tank's levels on the forecourt around 7pm. SES and Fire and Rescue NSW crews freed him before paramedics took him to Coffs Harbour Hospital, and he was later flown to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle. A 44-year-old woman allegedly driving the vehicle has been charged with negligent driving causing grievous bodily harm and breaching bail.
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A man was critically injured after being trapped under a ute on a Coffs Harbour service station forecourt. Emergency services were called to Harbour Drive about 7pm on Tuesday, 20 October. Members of the public gave first aid before paramedics and crews freed him. He was taken to Coffs Harbour Hospital and then airlifted to John Hunter Hospital. Police allege the 44-year-old woman driver was the ute's driver. She has been charged with negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and breach of bail. She was refused bail to appear in court on Wednesday, 21 October.
