WorkSafe probes road worker death

WorkSafe has confirmed it has opened an investigation into the death of a 58-year-old road worker who was fatally struck by a vehicle on Wednesday morning.

WorkSafe said the man’s ute was hit by a car on a Melbourne freeway just after midnight.

The death brings Victoria’s workplace fatality toll to 41 for 2023, eight fewer than at the same time last year.

Originally published on the WorkSafe Victoria website.