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A man has been arrested following an alleged deadly road rage incident in Sydney's west.
Emergency services were called to Jersey Road, Blackett, at about 8.45am on Thursday following reports a pedestrian had been hit by a car.
Officers found a 27-year-old man had allegedly been hit by a utility before it fled the scene.
The 27-year-old man was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics but died at the scene.
Following extensive enquiries, a 39-year-old man attended Mount Druitt Police at about 6.30am on Friday, where he was arrested.
Police are pictured at the scene of an allegedly deadly road rage incident in Sydney's west on Thursday
Witnesses told police they saw the alleged victim engaging in a road rage incident with a driver in a white ute (pictured) with a metal tray, a black canopy and a black toolbox with metal racks on top
It is understood the alleged victim, who was wearing high visibility clothing and jeans, was in a red Ford Ranger which is believed to have been in an earlier traffic incident with the white ute.
Witnesses say he then got out of the Ford and tried to stop the other vehicle when he was allegedly fatally struck.
Debbie Cremen, who has lived in the street for 25 years, witnessed paramedics working on the 27-year-old man.
'It was extremely confronting. He had been dragged from his ute and was lying in the road,' she told Daily Mail Australia.
Horrified staff members of the nearby Marrin Weejali Aboriginal Corporation, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre, saw the incident unfold outside their building.
‘I can’t even put it into context,' one staff member said.
'He got out his car, I don’t even know what he was planning on doing.’
Police investigations into the incident continue.
The alleged victim's red Ford Ranger is pictured being towed away from the scene on Thursday
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