Female pedestrian dies after being struck by a car outside the Alice Springs Hospital
A WOMAN has died after being struck by a car outside hospital, the second pedestrian to be killed in the NT in 24 hours
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A WOMAN, 46, has been killed after being struck by a car in Alice Springs, outside the hospital on Gap Rd.
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Detective Superintendent Joanne Foley said police were investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of the woman.
“A 49-year-old man is currently in police custody after a witness identified him as the alleged driver of a blue Ford Falcon that struck a 46-year-old woman in the hospital carpark before leaving the scene around 9:45pm,” she said.
“Hospital emergency staff attended the woman however she died a short time later.”
St John Ambulance Territory Duty manager Craig Garraway said the incident happened about 9.30pm on Thursday night.
“Basically it’s a car versus pedestrian … it happened outside the hospital, or in the hospital car park, in that area,” he said.
“Hospital staff have moved the patient into the hospital.”
St John Ambulance didn’t attend the incident given it was just outside the hospital where other emergency services were available.
It is the second pedestrian fatality in two days in the Northern Territory, after a man was struck by three cars on the Stuart Hwy at Knuckey Lagoon 24 hours earlier.
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Investigations are continuing and police expect to lay charges today.
The NT News asked police at 6am if there were any incidents overnight but were told there were none.
At 8.30am a press release about this fatal crash was issued.
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