Media release

Man charged over fatal – Coolalinga

Police



The man allegedly fail to stop at a red light at the intersection of the Stuart Highway and Hemming Road on June 13. The inbound road train towing three trailer-loads of cattle collided with a Holden Statesman which was making a right hand turn onto the Stuart Highway from Hemming Road.

The 20-year-old female driver of the Holden was killed instantly. Major Crime Detectives have charged the man with:

Dangerous driving causing death
Entering an intersection against a red light
Driving a vehicle without a fastened seatbelt.

He has been bailed to appear in the Darwin Magistrates Court on July 30.

Earlier this month a 22-year-old man was charged in relation to another death which occurred at the crash scene the same night. A 47-year-old man died when he was hit by a Holden Commodore as he was directing traffic around the scene of the first accident.

The driver of the Holden Commodore was charged with:

Driving a motor vehicle causing death
Entering an intersection against a red light
Driving a motor vehicle unsafe to drive.

He has been bailed to appear in the Darwin Magistrates Court on September 29.

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