1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: You are listening to mix one oh four nine's three sixty. 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: Now we know the community is devastated. The community is 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: reeling following the death of a much love seventy one 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: year old man overnight Linford Fake, the owner of the 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: Nightcliff Friendly Grocer, was allegedly killed inside his business. Joining 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: me in the studio is the Northern Territory Assistant Commissioner 7 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: of Police, Travis Worth. Good morning to. 8 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 2: You, morning Katie, morning to your listeners. 9 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: Assistant Commissioner, can you talk me through what unfolded last 10 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: night in terms of the apprehension of this eighteen year 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: old offender. 12 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 2: Of course, So, just prior to five point thirty yesterday afternoon, 13 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 2: police received a call regarding an incident that occurred at 14 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 2: the five Star supermarket in the Nightcliff Shopping precinct. Police 15 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 2: and Saint John's responded almost immediately to that came across 16 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 2: a person who sustained an injury to their upper upper chest. 17 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 2: When they arrived, there were bystanders who were present and 18 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 2: at the time were providing good critical care to that 19 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 2: particular person, but unfortunately, despite that care, he passed away 20 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 2: at the scene. The person who was involved in the altercation. 21 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 2: He left the area after in flipping an injury upon 22 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 2: that mail. He left the area on a pushbike and 23 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 2: was not able to be located by police immediately. Northern 24 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 2: Charitory Police then moved into a search phase. We rolled 25 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 2: out multiple specialist resources as well as frontline staff and 26 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: scoured the community for this particular person. We identified him 27 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 2: through some good work by the Trident team around a 28 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 2: potential identity, spoke with family. Through the engagement with family, 29 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 2: that person just after midnight this morning, so at about 30 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 2: actually twelve thirty five, he attended the Palmerston Police station 31 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 2: and handed himself in. He was subsequently arrested for that 32 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 2: particular incident and he's currently still in police custody at 33 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 2: Palmerston Police Station. He's yet to be charged with any offending. 34 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: Assistant Commissioner, you know, if I'm to read between the 35 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: lines there, the fact that Strikeforce tried and had a 36 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: fair idea of who this person was indicates to me 37 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: that this person was known to the police. 38 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 2: So this person that's currently in police custody is an 39 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 2: eighteen year old male and we can confirm that he's 40 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 2: currently on bail, that is Supreme Court bail. He appeared 41 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 2: in court on the seventeenth of April and was bailed 42 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 2: to reside in a remote, in digitous, top end community. 43 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: Are you able to say which community that? 44 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: I won't say that this stage. He was not wearing 45 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 2: electronic monitoring bracelet because of the location of that particular community, 46 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 2: and we are trying to determine what his movements were 47 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 2: after that date. He's eighteen years of age, but he 48 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 2: only turned eighteen three days ago, so he's only just 49 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 2: turned eighteen. 50 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: So he's literally just turned eighteen years old. Yes, Again, 51 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: if I'm to read between the lines, being on Supreme 52 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: Court bail would indicate that this just turned eighteen year 53 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: old has been involved in quite serious prior offending. 54 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 2: He's on bail for serious offenses. Yes, but I'm not 55 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 2: able to provide that information to your listeners at this stage, 56 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 2: other than to say that the offending was serious enough 57 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 2: that it went to the Supreme Court as a young person. 58 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: Now, just in terms of the comment that you'd made 59 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: about not being able to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet, 60 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: is that because you're not actually able, like they can't 61 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: get coverage or whatever is required in that remote community. 62 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 2: You need good coverage in remote communities to be able 63 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 2: to any community for that matter, to have effective electronic monitoring, 64 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 2: and some of the remote communities across the Northern Territory 65 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 2: are not able to be utilized in that way. 66 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, Assistant Commissioner, what are the next steps 67 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 1: from a police perspective, Now we know this person's been arrested, 68 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: not get charged. What are the next steps from your 69 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: perspective in terms of laying those charges but also pulling 70 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: together a case to make sure you know that this 71 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: person faces the full consequence of the law. 72 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 2: So Northern Territory Police attended the location of the incident 73 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 2: almost immediately after we had been notified. As soon as 74 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 2: we realized that it was rather a very serious incident 75 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 2: where someone who passed away. We enact our crime team, 76 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 2: so Major Crime have carriage of this matter. We have 77 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 2: a full governance structure in place. We have collected significant 78 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 2: amount of evidence already in relation to eyewitnesses CCTV. What 79 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 2: we're doing now is a crime still is still in place. 80 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 2: We have our seal forensics teams doing the work that 81 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 2: they need to do with at location this morning and 82 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 2: into probably this afternoon. A post mordern examination by our 83 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 2: Northern Territory forensic pathologist is going to occur at some 84 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 2: stage today as we understand, and once all that evidence 85 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 2: is collected, then we'll make a determination in conjunction with 86 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 2: the Director of Public Prosecutions about what is the appropriate 87 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 2: charge to lay in relation to this person. The marlets 88 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 2: and custody will remain in custody until such a time 89 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 2: as that charge is laid. 90 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 1: Assistant Commissioner, what is what's the plan for today in 91 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: terms of really reassuring the community that you know that 92 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: people are safe, reassuring people that work in shops that 93 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 1: are so often confronted with people that do allegedly steal 94 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: from them, and you know their reaction is to say, hey, 95 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: stop what you're doing. Nobody expects that they're going to 96 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: be on the receiving end of what happened overnight or 97 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 1: late yesterday, of course, and. 98 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 2: We understand that we have done a lot of proactive 99 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 2: policing in and around the Greater day And area, including 100 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 2: in the Nightcliff area, but today specifically an operation will 101 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 2: be run to provide that community reassurance to the community 102 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 2: more broadly, but also shopkeepers, those that use the public 103 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 2: transport network. Police will be visible as they always are, 104 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 2: but today specifically, again, as I said, to provide that 105 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 2: reassurance because we know that events such as this, any 106 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 2: death that is unnecessary has an impact on our community. 107 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,039 Speaker 2: But this person obviously has been a store ward of 108 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 2: that particular Nightcliff community for a long time. We know that, 109 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 2: and this will be causing some angst for our community. 110 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 2: We know that as well. So it's our job now 111 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 2: to provide that reassurance through that public exposure, to see 112 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 2: the uniform and to engage with our community and make 113 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 2: sure that anyone who's choosing not to obey the laws 114 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 2: I carry an edge weapon or behave in a manner 115 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 2: that is not acceptable to the public, that we're able 116 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 2: to occur that behavior as best we can. Police cannot 117 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 2: be everywhere at all times. I do know that there's 118 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 2: a police station in Nightcliffe, and I know that there 119 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 2: is narrative around why police weren't at that location at 120 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 2: that time. Police can't be everywhere, and the way in 121 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 2: which this instant transpired is such that police could have 122 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 2: been standing out the front of that shop and it 123 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 2: may not have prevented this unnecessary death from occurring, just 124 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,239 Speaker 2: because of the way it transpired. Police attended very quickly. 125 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 2: The police that are operating from the Nightcliff Police Station 126 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 2: currently are the Territory Safety Division and they provide public 127 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 2: order support and they're also providing supporting our watchouses at 128 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 2: the moment, so the staff that were from that station 129 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 2: were out and about and they weren't necessarily sitting out 130 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 2: in front of that particular supermarket. 131 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: Assistant Commissioner, I mean, what do you say to people 132 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: that feel that that Nightcliff Police station is a white elephant. 133 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: You know that it's not working. 134 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 2: I'm aware of that narrative. And it's a location was 135 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 2: non operational at a point in time. It's now has 136 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 2: an operational presence operating from it. That presence is not 137 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 2: twenty four to seven, but with current resourcing capability that 138 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 2: we have across the Greater Dayan area, we have as 139 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 2: much operational policing operating from that location as we can 140 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 2: at this point in time. That being said, we still 141 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 2: have operational twenty four seven police stations in dah and 142 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 2: Casarina and Palmerston and Hunty Do, so we do have 143 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 2: twenty four to seven policing coverage across the Greater Dayan area. 144 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: Assistant Commissioner, I want to ask, I mean, are you 145 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: as frustrated as the community is right now or as 146 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: I don't even know what the right word is for it, 147 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: but by the fact that this eighteen year old you know, Will, 148 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: he's just turned eighteen days ago, is on bail for 149 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: for serious offenses and able to you know, to commit 150 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 1: a crime like this. 151 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 2: The reasons behind his conducts will yet to be determined, 152 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 2: and obviously our investigation in that regard is ongoing, but generally, 153 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 2: the behavior of some of the people that travel from 154 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 2: remote communities into the greata Dayan area is deplorable. It's 155 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 2: not acceptable. The community has every right to feel safe, 156 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 2: and at times that safety gets compromised by the behaviors 157 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 2: of these people. Whether they're adults or you, that doesn't 158 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,359 Speaker 2: really matter. In this regard. We asked the community, particularly 159 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 2: from a community leadership point of view, to reach in 160 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 2: and provide some guidance to young people who have no 161 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 2: respect for themselves, for the community, for their own people 162 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 2: and culture, and we just asked that everyone worked together 163 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 2: to be able to understand what issues might be in 164 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 2: place and then seek help and required. This was a 165 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 2: young person that clearly was a troubled individual all of 166 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 2: his background. I'm not entirely sure, but his behavior has 167 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 2: led to the unnecessary death of an individual, and now 168 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 2: that young person's potentially going to be in custody for 169 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 2: a long long time. So we've lost two lives effectively, 170 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 2: as well as the heartache and pain that's going to 171 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 2: be caused to the direct family and the broader community. 172 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: This, I mean, this is the thing. It is just like, 173 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 1: it's absolutely terrible on so many levels. I mean, I 174 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: want to ask you in terms of those witnesses, in 175 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: terms of the police, the first responders who were there 176 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: on the scene yesterday, I mean, in the discussion that 177 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: you've had, in when you observe and when you now 178 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: look back at what they did, in the way in 179 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: which they responded, I mean, it sounds as though in 180 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: some cases it's nothing short of heroic. 181 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 2: It absolutely is. So the men and women that wear 182 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 2: the uniform that are there twenty four to seven every 183 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 2: day across the territory are doing exemporary things every minute 184 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 2: of every day. Sometimes things still happen and we can't 185 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 2: be everywhere, as I said indicated earlier, but the response 186 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 2: from the members of the public who provided that initial 187 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 2: critical care those individuals, some of them had actual medical training, 188 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 2: they still weren't able to save this person's life. What 189 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 2: we did do this morning, I've already had a conversation 190 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 2: with our team. We've already put a welfare component in 191 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 2: place to make sure we support our people, because you 192 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 2: cannot continually see trauma to the extent that we see 193 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 2: in the Northern Territory without having an impact on our 194 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 2: frontline and all our specialist staff as well. So we're 195 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 2: very mindful of that. We're mindful of the calls that 196 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 2: are received into our desk and the impact that has 197 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 2: the people providing the leadership in the desk. I reached 198 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 2: out to that individual last night because last night was 199 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 2: a particularly difficult chief We had lots of tragedy across 200 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 2: the territory. Yeah, and that has an impact on our people. 201 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 2: And it's not when you're at work, but it's when 202 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 2: you're at home and with your families. So from an 203 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 2: eternal point of view, yeah, it's really quite difficult. And 204 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 2: the level of trauma that we're seeing in the territory 205 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 2: is high, It's always been high, but it has that 206 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 2: impact longer term. Yeah, and we've got to be very 207 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 2: mindful of that as an agency. 208 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: Look, I will ask you about that crash in just 209 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 1: a moment, that terrible crash. I mean, the Chief Minister 210 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 1: was in the studio a few moments ago. She described 211 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: some of the actions that we are seeing as feeling 212 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: like we are under attack by terrorists. 213 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 2: Look are they're the Chief Minister's words. We know that 214 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 2: we've got some significant social issues that we are combating 215 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 2: at the moment. Some of them are as a consequence 216 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 2: of trauma that people have been exposed to. Some of 217 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 2: the behavior is alcohol or drug related, some of it 218 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 2: maybe mental health related. There are so many calls factors 219 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 2: to what's occurring at the moment across the territory that 220 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 2: our job is to understand what those factors are and 221 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 2: then put things in measures in place with all of 222 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 2: our partner agencies to make sure that we can do 223 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 2: our best to ensure that community safety. And at times 224 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,679 Speaker 2: we have a tragedy that then triggers action. We need 225 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 2: to get to a point where we're actually in front 226 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 2: of this as best we can, because we don't need 227 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 2: these tragedies occurring nice. This is deplorable. I feel for 228 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:33,559 Speaker 2: the family, I feel for the community and police will 229 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 2: continue to do what we do and we'll do it 230 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 2: well as best we can. But there's it's more than 231 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:40,959 Speaker 2: just a policing issue. 232 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: Here, Assistant Commissioner. As you touched on, it's not the 233 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: only tragedy from last night. Unfortunately, two people lost their 234 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: lives on our road as well. 235 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, unfortunately, just prior to eight pm last night, 236 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,079 Speaker 2: police received a call of a serious crash on the 237 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 2: Stuart Highway between Bachelor and Acacia Hills. The crash site 238 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 2: was confirmed eleven one kilometer sorry north of China Road. 239 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 2: As a consequence of that crash, a twenty five year 240 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 2: old female who was traveling southbound passed away. That person 241 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 2: is believed to be an MPTY resident, and a thirty 242 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 2: five year old male and the other vehicle was traveling northbound. 243 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 2: Whether that person's an NTY resident or not was yet 244 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 2: to determine, but he also lost his life. There were 245 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 2: no other passengers in the vehicle and as soon as 246 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 2: the crash was reported, police from Partmas in Adelaide River attended. 247 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 2: The road. Closures were put in place and Major Crash attended. 248 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:38,079 Speaker 2: Major Crash remained on site all night and the scene 249 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 2: was clear just after six am this morning when the 250 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 2: road was open. I've just had a conversation with our 251 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 2: officer in charge of a major crash unit, and the 252 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 2: team are still working through causes of that crash. It's 253 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 2: too early to say whether speed or in attention were 254 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 2: were factors, or alcohol for that matter. But the tragedy 255 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 2: is we've had two people lose their lives on roads. 256 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 2: We had such a positive Easter weekend experience from our roads. 257 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 2: We're lots of police presence, but obviously people behaved and 258 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 2: adhere to the rules and traffic laws and we didn't 259 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 2: lose a life. We have a long weekend this weekend, 260 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 2: we have another coming up. We implore people don't just 261 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 2: assume because you think police are going to be on 262 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 2: the road. You behave you behave. Anyway, our media manager 263 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 2: was driving in he lives in the rural area of 264 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 2: this morning some morning. We both met in the office 265 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 2: very early, and he was overtaken by a car doing 266 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 2: well and excess of one hundred and thirtykilimeters an hour 267 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 2: this morning. So people just have a disregard for the 268 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 2: road rules, their own safety, and other road users, and 269 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 2: that sort of behavior is what leads to these crashes, 270 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 2: particularly on unlit high speed rural roads where we know 271 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 2: rural areas are a significant black spot for the Northern 272 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 2: Territory community. We have a lot of crashes in the 273 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 2: rural areas and regional remote areas as well. So over 274 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 2: two long weekends coming up, please obay the road rules. 275 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 2: Understand the fatal five. Have you seat built on, Do 276 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 2: not be drug or alco affective when you drive, do 277 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 2: not speed, and do not be distracted. If you do 278 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 2: those things then your likelihood of survivor on our roads 279 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 2: is really high. But if you don't, then you may 280 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 2: not and we do not want that to be the case. 281 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 2: We're now at eight deaths on our roads in the 282 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 2: Order Territory for twenty twenty five. 283 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: Well as System Commissioner Travis Wurst, really appreciate your time 284 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: this morning. Thank you very much for joining us, and yeah, 285 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: no doubt going to be a busy day for everybody involved. 286 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you. It is just on fifteen minutes 287 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: away from ten o'clock.