Man charged with murder of man at a rubbish tip

A man has been charged with murder of another man at a rubbish tip in the NSW Hunter region.

A 54-year-old was found critically injured at the Cessnock Waste Management Centre on Old Maitland Road on July 5.

Emergency services were called to the tip, but he died at the scene.

Detectives from Hunter Valley Police District, assisted by the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad, established Strike Force Nargal to investigate the circumstances surrounding the man's death.

A man, 30, was arrested at a property at Lovedale on July 9, and police seized a Toyota Landcruiser.

He was taken to Cessnock Police Station and charged with dangerous driving occasioning death-driver manner dangerous, negligent driving (occasioning death), fail to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death and driver not disclose identity of driver/passenger as required.

Yesterday, the same man was served with two additional charges at a correctional facility in Parklea, including murder and aggravated break/enter, and commit serious indictable offence.

The man will next appear at Cessnock Local Court later this month.