Uber Eats rider killed in Sydney is the fifth food delivery death in two months

String of deaths puts focus on safety, poor pay and conditions for riders, as well as the lack of compensation for families left behind

Another food delivery worker has been killed in Sydney, in what is the fifth death among food delivery workers across Australia in the past two months.

A deliverer for Uber Eats was killed on Monday night in a road collision on the intersection of Chalmers and Cleveland streets in Surry Hills at 6.40pm. The man died at the scene after he was hit by a truck carrying an excavator, police said.