Man arrested following alleged burnout death in the Hunter Valley

Police have arrested the driver of a car alleged to have hit three people, killing one, while performing a burnout in the Hunter Valley. The suspected car was found burnt out a short time later.

A man has been charged after a person was killed, and two others were injured, after they were struck by a car allegedly performing burnouts in the Hunter Valley in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Just after midnight, emergency services were called to a fire trail off Haul Road in Stockrington, where they were told a modified Ford Fairmont sedan was performing a burnout, when it hit three onlookers, before the driver fled the scene.

A 53-year-old man suffered critical head injuries from the incident and died a short time later.

A 53-year-old man died at the scene.

Two women who were also believed to be struck by the sedan left the scene before emergency services arrived.

At around 2:40am, police found a burnt-out vehicle which they believe is the Ford Fairmont sedan on McFarlanes Rd in the nearby suburb of Chisholm.

On Sunday afternoon, police arrested a 22-year-old man with a number of driving offences including negligent driving occasioning death.

He was refused bail and is set to appear before Parramatta Local Court later today.

On Facebook, a member of the local community said dangerous road behaviour in that particular area was becoming more common and was getting “ridiculous”.

“Its very rare when I come over that you can’t smell rubber or see someone doing burnouts, and fresh marks almost every morning,” the local said.

The incident comes only months after an 18-year-old man crashed into several pedestrians, including an eight year old girl, while performing an alleged burnout in Abermain, which is only 20 minutes drive from Sunday morning’s scene.

Originally published as Man arrested following alleged burnout death in the Hunter Valley