Service station employee dies after allegedly being run over by ute - Coffs Harbour
Where: Harbour Drive, Coffs Harbour, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
A service station employee has died in hospital after allegedly being hit by a ute in Coffs Harbour last week.
Officers attached to Coffs/Clarence Police District were called to Harbour Drive about 7pm on Tuesday (20 October 2026), responding to reports a 36-year-old man was trapped under a ute on a service station forecourt.
The man was initially rendered first aid by members of the public before NSW Ambulance, Fire and Rescue NSW and NSW SES attended and freed him.
He was treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to Coffs Harbour Hospital in a critical condition, before he was airlifted to John Hunter Hospital for further treatment.
Following the crash, officers attached to Crash Investigation Unit commenced inquiries into the incident.
As part of inquiries, investigators arrested the alleged driver of the ute, a 44-year-old woman, the same day.
Yesterday (Sunday 25 October 2026), police were notified the 36-year-old man had died in hospital.
A report will be prepared for the information of the NSW Coroner.
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Coffs Harbour council area
Coffs Harbour is a council area in New South Wales with about 82,109 residents. It has a Crime Score 70 out of 100 (high), 68th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (74th percentile), sexual offences (81st percentile), robbery (87th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 68.
- Violent
- 1,888 per 100k
- Property
- 3,740 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 452 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,519 per 100k
See the full Coffs Harbour crime profile
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