Young woman dead after car ploughs into group outside Wollongong club
A 19-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a car while she and a group of friends walked down a footpath outside a popular Wollongong club.
Illawarra Star
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A young woman has died and two people remain in hospital after they were struck by a car while they were walking along a footpath outside a Wollongong club overnight.
Emergency services were called to the front of Collegians on Flinders Street about 10.30pm, and found a 19-year-old woman suffering multiple critical injuries, with two others also injured.
They were treated at the scene before being taken to Wollongong Hospital, where she died a short time later.
An 18-year-old woman remains in hospital being treated for a fractured pelvis while a 21-year-old man has a fractured leg and ribs. A fourth person escaped injury.
Officers from Wollongong Police District have been told a sedan was being driven south along Flinders Street when the driver allegedly lost control, ran off the road and struck the four people who were walking along the footpath.
The driver – a 21-year-old man – was arrested at the scene and has been taken for mandatory drug and alcohol testing. Two passengers in the vehicle at the time are assisting with inquiries.
A witness told the Illawarra Star the scene was “scary”.
“We walked down there and there were just police and ambulances everywhere,” he said.
“It was pretty scary to see.”
Officers from the Crash Investigation Unit have examined the scene and are appealing for anyone with information about the incident, or who has dashcam vision, to contact Wollongong Police or the CIU.
