The parents of four-year-old Osal Pokhrel have asked the court to impose the lightest possible sentence on Maureen Brew, the 80-year-old driver whose car struck their son. Osal was riding on a shopping trolley pushed by his parents when the car hit him at Southlands Shopping Centre in Mawson in January. He died in hospital. Brew has pleaded guilty to culpable driving causing death. The court heard she pressed the accelerator instead of the brake after the car mounted a kerb. Prosecutors argued a prison term was needed. Justice Belinda Baker reserved her decision for a later date.
Police have charged a 20-year-old man with dangerous driving causing death over an alleged hit-and-run in Alice Springs. The 57-year-old man was found unresponsive on Len Kittle Drive on May 20 and died at the scene. Police say he was struck by a vehicle near Blatherskite Park after being seen on dash cam footage. The man was arrested at Alice Springs police station and remanded in custody. He is due to appear in the Alice Springs Local Court tomorrow.
A woman has been found dead beside a road in Tarneit. A passerby found her body just before 6am at the intersection of Leakes Road and Derrimut Road. Police believe a vehicle hit her and then drove away from the scene. Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives will spend most of the day at the scene. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers.
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Police are appealing for information after a woman was found dead on Leakes Road in Tarneit, Victoria. A member of the public found her body just before 6am at the intersection with Derrimut Road. Victoria Police believe she was struck by a vehicle that then drove away. She has not yet been identified. Investigators remain at the scene, and police are asking motorists who travelled through the area on Tuesday morning to check their dash cam footage. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers.
A man believed to be in his 70s died after being hit by a car in Wharf Street, Tweed Heads, on Saturday night. Emergency services were called about 11.30pm on Saturday, 10 October. NSW Ambulance paramedics treated him at the scene, but he could not be saved. He has not yet been formally identified. The 29-year-old woman driving the car was not injured and was taken to Tweed Valley Hospital for mandatory testing.
