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Pedestrian one of two killed on NT roads

NT police say a young motorist couldn't avoid hitting a pedestrian who stepped in front of him - he then helped her but she died in hospital.

A YOUNG Darwin motorist stopped to help a pedestrian his ute had hit but she later died in hospital.

THE 20-year-old was driving along the Stuart Highway towards Palmerston on Wednesday evening when a 38-year-old woman stepped out in front of his ute near Knuckey Lagoon community at about 8.20pm.

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