A 23-year-old man has died and a 41-year-old man has been taken to hospital as police investigate whether the discovery of a ute found crashed in a nearby paddock is linked to a suspected hit-and-run nearby.

The younger man was found on the side of Old Kurrajong Road at Richmond, in Sydney’s north-west, about 7.45pm on Sunday.

A passing motorist tried to assist until paramedics arrived, but the man died at the scene.

Crash investigators determined the man had been struck by a vehicle which failed to stop.

About an hour later, a Nissan Navara was found in a paddock off Kurmond Road at nearby North Richmond after leaving the road and rolling several times.

A 41-year-old man was treated at the scene before being taken to Westmead Hospital with minor injuries.

The ute will be seized for

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