A man who was riding an e-bike in Sydney has been killed when a police car attempted to pull him over.
A so-called “single unit” acting sergeant attempted to pull over the 48-year-old man on Allen Street in Waterloo at about 3am on Friday, the New South Wales police assistant commissioner Peter McKenna told reporters.
“At some point, the police vehicle and the e-bike [were] involved in a collision,” McKenna said.
The man was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics but died at the scene. The man’s family members were interstate and were being contacted.
Why the man was being pulled over would form part of a critical incident investigation, NSW police said. The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission said it would monitor the police investigation.
A crime scene was established and examined by specialist forensic police. Police allege over three ounces of methamphetamine and $10,000 in cash were found on the man.
McKenna could not comment on whether the acting sergeant would have known the man allegedly had methamphetamine or cash on him at the time he was pulled over.
“That will form part of the investigation,” he said.
There was no vehicle or body-cam footage from the incident. Detectives were seeking other CCTV footage.
NSW Greens MP Jenny Leong said on Friday: “This incident will have serious repercussions for our local Waterloo and Redfern communities and it is critical that there is an independent investigation of this matter – it is unacceptable for police to be investigating police.”
In a separate incident in Sydney’s west, a pedestrian carrying a baby died after being hit by a car, with the baby taken to hospital in a critical condition.
A 57-year-old man was found with life-threatening injuries on Carlisle Avenue in Mount Druitt by emergency services at about 7.45pm on Thursday, NSW police said in a statement on Friday. They were called to the scene after reports of a crash.
The man carrying the one-year-old was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics but died at the scene.
The baby was taken to Mount Druitt hospital by a man believed to be the child’s father, police said. The one-year-old was then transferred to Westmead Children’s hospital.
The 37-year-old car driver was taken to Mount Druitt hospital for mandatory testing. She was assisting police with inquiries.
A crime scene was established with the NSW police crash investigation unit examining the incident.
No one has been charged in relation to either fatality.
• This article was amended on 28 March 2025. An earlier version stated the e-bike rider was Indigenous based on information provided by NSW police.
