A drug-affected truck driver who killed another motorist on the Hume Highway has pleaded guilty to a dangerous driving charge.
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The ute driver, 63, died at the scene after his vehicle flipped onto its roof and caught alight.
Egan, who appeared before Albury Local Court on Monday on a video link from Bathurst, pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving occasioning death while driving under the influence, and counts of drug possession, making false work diary entries, exceeding maximum driving times and other offences.
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He was also injured in the crash and was airlifted from the scene, with his truck crashing off a bridge.
The most serious charges will go to the Albury District Court for sentencing, with the case to be mentioned on November 27.
Offences which only carry a fine will return to the local court on December 14.
