Pedestrian killed in Palmerston car crash, NT road toll climbs to seven
A pedestrian who was hit and killed by a car on a major highway is the seventh person to die on Territory roads this year.
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The Territory’s road toll has climbed to seven after a man was hit by a car in Palmerston.
NT Police Northern Watch Commander Greg Rowe the driver’s car struck the pedestrian on the Stuart Hwy between Lambrick Ave and Temple Tce at 9.02pm Friday.
Sergeant Rowe said police and St John NT attended the scene.
“CPR was commenced, unfortunately the male was declared deceased at 9.33pm,” he said.
Sergeant Rowe police were conducting investigations at the scene and roadblocks were in place along a section of the highway.
“The driver of the vehicle was breath and drug tested and he returned negative results,” he said.
Sergeant Rowe said the driver was “pretty shaken up” by the incident but was uninjured.
Barriers blocking motorists from the stretch of road affected by the crash were removed shortly after 7am Saturday.
The road toll in the NT this time last year was 29, and reached 52 by the end of the year.
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