Two men died in separate truck accidents in southern New South Wales on Friday morning. The first incident occurred just before 6:30 a.m. on Tumbarumba Road near Kyeamba, a rural community roughly 50 kilometers south of Wagga Wagga. Emergency services responded after a truck veered off the road and struck a tree. The passenger, a man in his 20s, was trapped inside and could not be revived despite efforts by paramedics at the scene. The driver, aged 55, was taken to hospital for mandatory testing. Authorities are preparing a report for the coroner.

In a separate crash around 6 a.m., a fatal collision involving two B-double trucks took place in the Southern Tablelands on the northbound lane of the Hume Highway, near Collector Road at Gunning. Police from the Hume Police District found that one truck had rear-ended the other. The driver of the rear truck died at the scene. Emergency responders attended the incident following reports of the crash. Investigations into both accidents are ongoing.