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Highway maintenance worker killed after falling from vehicle on National Freeway 5

A 63-year-old road maintenance worker died in the early hours of Thursday after falling from the back of a work truck into an inner lane of National Freeway 5 and being struck by a trailing car. The driver of the trailing vehicle did not immediately stop at the scene, later stating she did not realize a person had been hit. The circumstances leading to the worker's fall remain under investigation.

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First reported43 days ago
Published2026-09-12 07:52 UTC
Occurred2026-09-12
Sources5
Casualties reported1
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Reports26Independent tellings5
5 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Highway maintenance worker killed after falling from vehicle on National Freeway 5. 2026-09-12T07:52:23.529Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:2040. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-12/%E5%9C%8B%E9%81%935%E8%99%9F%E5%B7%A5%E4%BA%BA%E6%84%8F%E5%A4%96%E8%B7%8C%E8%90%BD%E8%BB%8A%E9%81%93%E9%81%AD%E8%BC%BE%E4%BA%A1-%E8%82%87%E4%BA%8B%E5%A5%B3%E9%A7%95%E9%A7%9B-%E4%B8%8D%E7%9F%A5%E9%81%93%E5%A3%93%E5%88%B0%E4%BA%BA-9978ae41

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