Western Plains App
29 October 2025, 4:14 AM
The truck on its side following a rollover on Monday. [IMAGE: Lightning Ridge Rural Fire Service]A man has escaped serious injury following a cattle truck rollover on the Castlereagh Highway between Walgett and Lightning Ridge on Monday.
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Emergency services were called to the scene at about 35 kilometres from the Ridge at around 9:10pm on 27 October.
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They arrived to find the truck flipped on its side, killing several cows.
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A police spokesperson said others were injured and escaped.
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"The driver – a 40-year-old man – freed himself," the police spokesperson said.
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The NSW Ambulance media unit said the man declined a paramedic assessment and displayed no obvious injuries.
Police said he was issued a Traffic Infringement Notice for negligent driving.