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Duncan Murray

Garbo who killed elderly woman spared jail

Garbo Christopher Sultana was doing a three-point turn when he hit and killed an elderly woman. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A garbage truck driver who hit and killed an elderly woman has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service after a judge found his driving at the time was not unlawful or implicitly dangerous.

Ruiming Zhang, 83, was crushed beneath the truck as it performed a "hammerhead" three-point turn in Sydney's Chester Hill on the morning of February 23, 2021.

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