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Speaker 1: Now we know over the course of the weekend where

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Speaker 1: we learned that there was a terrible fatal crash in

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Speaker 1: Halts on Friday night and the Northern Territory Police are

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Speaker 1: investigating that fatal. So at about seven thirty pm, police

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Speaker 1: received a report that a vehicle had struck a pedestrian

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Speaker 1: on thorn Gate Road. Now, the Northern Territory Police have

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Speaker 1: since issued a statement saying that the pedestrian has now

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Speaker 1: been identified as a seventy two year old local woman.

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Speaker 1: Joining me on the line to tell us a little

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Speaker 1: bit more about the situation is Detective Senior Sergeant Brendan

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Speaker 1: Linda from the Northern Territory Police. Good morning to you, Brendan.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, good morning Catie.

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Speaker 1: Brendan. What exactly happened from what you know so far

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Speaker 1: on Friday night?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So Friday evening, about seven thirty pm, a crash

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Speaker 2: occurb with the pedestrian on thorn Gate Road in Yarrawanga.

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Speaker 2: What's occurred is a vehicle traveling towards the Robson Barracks,

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Speaker 2: pass the Bunnings there on Yarrawanga thorng Gate Road three,

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Speaker 2: Yarrawonga has collided with a pedestrian on the road, and

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Speaker 2: then a very short time after that, a passenger coach

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Speaker 2: traveling in the opposite direction has then run over the

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Speaker 2: pedestrian who was on the road at that point, tragically

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Speaker 2: resulting in her death. Both drivers stopped as legally required

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Speaker 2: and reported it to police, and we're investigating obviously how

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Speaker 2: and why that crash has occurred and just ensuring that

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Speaker 2: the drivers. You know, at this stage is nothing suggest

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Speaker 2: to suggest the drivers are doing anything wrong.

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Speaker 1: Now I understand that obviously major crash. Are investigating and

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Speaker 1: continuing to appeal to motorists who exactly are you keen

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Speaker 1: to talk to at this point.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So we're trying to work out exactly why the

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Speaker 2: pedestrian was on the road before the crash occurred. So

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Speaker 2: we're we're specifically calling for witnesses who were traveling through

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Speaker 2: thorn Gate Road before seven thirty pm. One witness is

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Speaker 2: described seeing a car a full drive being driven towards

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Speaker 2: the Yarrawonga end and having a brief flash of the

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Speaker 2: high beam lights towards them, Yeah, which indicates to us

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Speaker 2: So we're just trying to work out exactly why the

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Speaker 2: pedestrian was on the road.

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Speaker 1: Okay, now have you got a description of that pedestrian.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so she's a seventy two year old indigenous lady

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Speaker 2: who lived locally in a bush camp out of Yarrawonga.

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Speaker 2: There she was wearing a brightly colored dress, prominently sort

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Speaker 2: of yellow but multicolored dress. So if anyone traveling through

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Speaker 2: the area saw her on or near the road prior

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Speaker 2: to seven thirty pm, were keen just to speak to

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Speaker 2: can complete our report to the coroner hopefully, you know,

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Speaker 2: try and prevent these deaths occurring in the future.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, it sounds like a terribly tragic situation with

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Speaker 1: the loss of that seventy two year old woman, and

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Speaker 1: also an incredibly confronting situation I would imagine for the

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Speaker 1: two drivers of that vehicle, those vehicles.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and there were there are a number of passengers

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Speaker 2: on the bus itself. You know, it's attending these incidents

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Speaker 2: of tragic for all all concerned, obviously, the people involved,

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Speaker 2: the people on the bus, the witnesses, the emergency services

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Speaker 2: and police that attend. Tragically, she ended up under the

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Speaker 2: bus and you know, the major crash investigators are you know,

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Speaker 2: quite literally on their belly removing or trying to extricate

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Speaker 2: the decease from underneath the bus. So it's a it's

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Speaker 2: a difficult job, but.

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Speaker 1: Oh sounds like a terrible situation for everybody involved in

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Speaker 1: an absolutely terrible situation for that pedestrian's family and you know,

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Speaker 1: and her loved ones at this point, you know, Brendan,

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Speaker 1: For anybody out there listening who does have any information,

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Speaker 1: what exactly should they do at this point?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, contact police on one three one triple four and

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Speaker 2: just just tell the operators that you've got some information

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Speaker 2: about that, about the crash. I would love to be

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Speaker 2: able to speak to you. I just reiterate, you know,

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Speaker 2: we've had numerous hit and runs in recent times. Both

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Speaker 2: these drivers stopped straight away and did what they were

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Speaker 2: required to do. So it's just a reminder at all

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Speaker 2: to take care on the road. If you are involved

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Speaker 2: just be drive to conditions and be be mindful of

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Speaker 2: that pedestrians can be on the road seemingly unusual places.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, and make sure that you take care Brendan,

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Speaker 1: just just to confirm the basically that you know, that

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Speaker 1: scene has been processed now, hasn't it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so that the crime thing was established, the road

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Speaker 2: was blocked, and that was completed overnight.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, and so basically for the police now those

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Speaker 1: next steps are hearing from witnesses and you know, are

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Speaker 1: there is there anything else we should be aware of?

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, we we we we know we've recorded the

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Speaker 2: scene and we know how the crashes occur. We we

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Speaker 2: want to work out why the pedestrians on the road beforehand.

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Speaker 2: There there are an infinite number of reasons why someone

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Speaker 2: might be on a road. It's not necessarily just you know,

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Speaker 2: being intoxicated on the road. There could be a number

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Speaker 2: of reasons why persons on the road. So that's that's

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Speaker 2: the focus of investigation at this stage. And obviously, well

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Speaker 2: we'll conduct further forensic analysis of the crash itself just

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Speaker 2: to ensure that the drivers have done everything there there

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Speaker 2: they went speeding and that obviously both of them tend

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Speaker 2: negative for drugs and alcohol the scene and stopped. So

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Speaker 2: at this stage is nothing to suggest have done anything wrong.

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Speaker 1: Well, Detective seeing is Sergeant Brendan, Linda, we really appreciate

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Speaker 1: your time this morning. Thank you so very much for

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Speaker 1: having a chat with us.

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Speaker 2: No, thank you, thank you.