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Truck rolls backwards and collides with dozer

A DUMP truck has collided with a dozer at the tip head at a New South Wales open cut coal mine, when it rolled backwards at speed, as the dozer was reversing out of its path.

The truck operator was positioning the truck to reverse to the tip head.

The truck operator was positioning the truck to reverse to the tip head.

The truck operator had made positive communication advising the dozer operator that he was entering the dump. The truck operator was positioning the truck to reverse to the tip head. The truck unexpectedly...

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