A PEDESTRIAN has survived after he was hit by a truck travelling on the Pacific Highway overnight.
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Emergency services were called to the side of the highway at Heatherbrae just after midnight to reports a person had been hit while walking along the road.
Paramedics treated a 40-year-old man at the scene, before he was transported to John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition.
He had a laceration to the back of the head and had suffered grazes to the hip, as well as multiple other abrasions to his body.
Police will now investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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Jessica Brown
Jessica began her journalism career in 2009 as a cadet at The Port Stephens Examiner before moving to London for a two-year stint working in magazines and digital publishing. The Lake Macquarie local returned to Australia where she took up a reporting role at The Maitland Mercury. She worked across several rounds including local council, police and property before moving into digital journalism and joining the team at The Newcastle Herald in 2017.
Jessica began her journalism career in 2009 as a cadet at The Port Stephens Examiner before moving to London for a two-year stint working in magazines and digital publishing. The Lake Macquarie local returned to Australia where she took up a reporting role at The Maitland Mercury. She worked across several rounds including local council, police and property before moving into digital journalism and joining the team at The Newcastle Herald in 2017.
