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Man charged over Alice Springs fatal hit-and-run
Police charge a 20-year-old with dangerous driving causing death five months after a 57-year-old man was struck and killed on Len Kittle Drive.
In brief
Police charge a 20-year-old with dangerous driving causing death five months after a 57-year-old man was struck and killed on Len Kittle Drive. A twenty-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving causing death and hit-and-run offences over the May twentieth death of a fifty-seven-year-old in Alice Springs…
Man found dead on Len Kittle Drive
A fifty-seven-year-old man was found unresponsive on Len Kittle Drive at about nine thirty pm on May twentieth. He had suffered catastrophic head injuries consistent with a vehicle strike and died at the scene.
“The 57-year-old male victim received catastrophic injuries and died at the scene.”
Five-month investigation leads to arrest
Police formed a task force involving major crash and regional crime detectives. The investigation involved a coordinated effort by specialist police units from across the Northern Territory over five months.
“a coordinated effort by specialist police units from across the Northern Territory”
Twenty-year-old charged and remanded
A twenty-year-old man was arrested at Alice Springs police station and charged with dangerous driving causing death, hit-and-run and multiple other offences.He has been remanded in custody to appear in Alice Springs Local Court tomorrow.
The key point
A twenty-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving causing death and hit-and-run offences over the May twentieth death of a fifty-seven-year-old in Alice Springs.
