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Truckie dies while driving

At the scene of this mornings road death on Pialligo Avenue.

A TRUCK driver, believed to have had suffered a medical incident, died while travelling east along Pialligo Avenue this morning.

Pialligo Avenue is now open between Oaks Estate Road and Sutton Road, but police warn that traffic is slow.

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