A truck driver on Fiddens Wharf Road came across the man aged in his forties about 4.30am,giving him first aid until police and paramedics arrived to take him to hospital.
The man was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital in a critical condition,where he died.
Doctors have told police he likely suffered a medical episode that precipitated his fall.
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