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Garbage truck driver charged after man sleeping on mattress killed

A Sydney garbage truck driver has been charged after allegedly running over and killing a man who was sleeping on a mattress in a lane in the city’s inner west.

Police will allege the 35-year-old driver was making his way down Bourke Lane in Redfern when he ran over the man sleeping out the front of a home around 8am on Monday.

The driver stopped and called for emergency assistance, however the 31-year-old man died at the scene.

The driver was taken to Sydney Eye Hospital for mandatory testing before taken to Redfern Police Station where he was charged with dangerous driving occasioning death, and negligent driving occasioning death.

Police were called to Bourke Lane in Redfern after the incident on Monday morning. Source: 7 News
Police were called to Bourke Lane in Redfern after the incident on Monday morning. Source: 7 News
The man died at the scene. Source: 7 News
The man died at the scene. Source: 7 News

The man, from Rockdale, was granted bail to appear in Downing Centre Local Court on June 18.

His licence has been suspended and confiscated.