Man dies in buggy rollover, 100km south of Gove from Nhulunbuy
A man has died and another suffered serious injuries in a buggy rollover in a remote part of the NT. A crime scene has been declared.
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A man has died and another was flown to hospital with serious injuries after a buggy crash near Nhulunbuy.
Initial investigations indicate two men, both in their 30s, were travelling in the buggy when it rolled about 100km south of Gove in East Arnhem just after 11pm Thursday.
Police said one of the men, 34, had suffered critical injuries.
He died at the scene.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre said a personal location device was received and the CareFlight rescue helicopter deployed.
The second man, 35, suffered serious injuries and was flown to Gove Hospital for medical treatment.`
A crime scene has been declared as investigations continue into the cause of the crash.
The incident comes after a 47-year-old man died in an ATV rollover in Katherine July this year.
And in January 2021 a 32-year-old man died after losing control of his quad bike and crashed into a guard rail in Herbert.
There were two fatal quad bike incidents in 2020, a 12-year-old boy on a pastoral property near Alice Springs and an 80-year-old man near Marrakai.
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