Manslaughter Charge Over Qld Road Death

Queensland Police stop vehicles at a checkpoint set up at the Queensland and NSW border in Coolangatta on the Gold Coast, Australia, on March 26, 2020. Chris Hyde/Getty Images

A 22-year-old man has been accused of manslaughter after another man, 46, was struck and killed by a truck in far north Queensland.

Police allege there was a physical altercation between the pair around 8.45pm on June 21 at Cardwell which caused the 46 year-old man to fall into the truck’s path.