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Callum Godde and William Ton

UNCOVERED: Man dies on road after sobering up centre refusal | History Defined

Police Association Secretary Wayne Gatt says the death of a man struck by a car was preventable. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

A gap in Victoria's public drunkenness laws must be fixed after police were unable to help an intoxicated man before he was hit by a car and died, the police union says.

The 34-year-old was hit near an intersection at Wyndham Vale in Melbourne's outer southwest on Friday morning and died at the scene.

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