A 49-year-old driver has died in a freak accident in the State’s south last night.
Police say that just before 6.40pm on Sunday, emergency services responded to reports of a motorist being struck by an object along Burley Griffin Way, Galong, about 50km west of Yass.
Officers from The Hume Police District were informed that the driver – a 49-year-old man from Canberra – was travelling east bound when an item from a caravan being towed west bound has dislodged, penetrating the windscreen and striking the man in the head.
The man died prior to the arrival of emergency services.
Three females aged 48, 16 and 13 travelling in the vehicle were uninjured; however, they were taken to Canberra Hospital and treated for shock.
The 32-year-old male driver of the vehicle towing the caravan was not injured. He was taken to Harden Hospital for mandatory testing.