A male pedestrian has died after being hit by a logging truck pulling out of a gas station near Nelson.
A police spokesman confirmed a man was hit by a truck in Brightwater, 20km south-west of Nelson, around 3pm yesterday.
Police were told by witnesses the empty logging truck was pulling out of a gas station onto the road when the man was hit.
St John paramedics confirmed a man was transported to Nelson Hospital emergency department yesterday afternoon with critical injuries. Police said the man died in the intensive care unit.
The driver was shaken but unhurt.
