24 November 2024

Cooktown man, 29, killed in South Mossman accident

| Lyndon Keane

A 29-year-old Cooktown man has died after being struck by a vehicle on the Captain Cook Highway at South Mossman on 23 November. Photo: Supplied.

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal vehicle and pedestrian incident involving a Cooktown man in South Mossman on Saturday night.

Emergency services were called to the Captain Cook Highway at about 9.10pm on 23 November following reports a pedestrian had been stuck by a white Holden Colorado utility.

The pedestrian, a 29-year-old Cooktown man, died at the scene.

The driver of the vehicle was not physically injured and rendered assistance to the pedestrian before emergency services arrived.

Forensic Crash Unit investigations remain ongoing.

Any witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam vision is urged to come forward quoting reference number QP2402017302.

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