Serious crash on Kirkland Road in Palmerston
Police are searching for a man who fled the scene of a fatal crash between two vehicles on Kirkland Road on Friday evening, near where another tragedy occurred earlier this week.
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UPDATE, FRIDAY 7PM: One person has died, two others are injured, and a man is on the run from police after a head-on crash between two vehicles in Palmerston on Friday evening.
Police have confirmed two vehicles, one with a single occupant and the other carrying three people, collided on Kirkland Road, close to the scene of an almost idenital tragedy earlier this week.
Police say one person travelling in the vehicle carrying three people died, while the other two persons suffered non-life threatening injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment.
The single occupant of the other vehicle involved fled the scene into Durack, towards the golf course.
Police are now searching for the man, who has been described as a dark skinned male, wearing a purple shirt, light shorts and a dark coloured cast on his left arm.
Anyone with information is urged to contact police immediately.
Both lanes of Kirkland Road, have been closed between Elrundie Avenue and Wishart Road
It is expected closures will remain in place throughout the night.
INITIAL, FRIDAY 5.30PM: Police and emergency services are at the scene of a serious crash between two vehicles on a major road, near where a fatal crash occured earlier this week.
Kirkland Road is currently closed in both directions after the incident was reported just after 5pm on Friday.
The NT incident map shows the crash took place near the railway tracks, in the vicinty of the Woodlake Boulevard intersection at Durack, in a similar spot to a fatal crash earlier this week involving two vehicles.
As of 5.50pm all emergency services were still in the area with traffic being redirected through Durack.
Motorists are advised to avoid the area.
The status of those involved is currently unknown as police investigations continue.
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