Peter Lynch faces Northern Territory Supreme Court over fatal crash at Alawa
A man charged over a crash at Alawa that killed a woman has entered his plea to manslaughter and other offences.
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A man charged with recklessly endangering life after causing a horrific crash in which a woman died has entered his plea before the Supreme Court in Darwin.
Peter Lynch, 22, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, driving vehicle in dangerous manner pursuit and recklessly endangering life.
The crash happened early on May 16, 2021 at the intersection of Trower Road and Lakeside Drive, Alawa.
It followed a lengthy police pursuit.
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Police saw a black hatchback with Lynch and three passengers inside driving dangerously in the Darwin CBD.
Officers tried to get the vehicle to pull over but the driver failed to stop and sped off.
Police decided not to chase Lynch at the time because of the amount of traffic in the CBD.
Another effort was made to get the vehicle to pull over when an unmarked police car caught up with Lynch near the Rapid Creek shops.
However, he again failed to stop and evaded police once more before speeding through two red lights and slamming into the side of another car.
One of the passengers in the vehicle being driven by Lynch, a 36-year-old woman, died at the scene and her death was treated as a death in police custody.
The driver of the other vehicle and the other passengers in the hatchback had non-life threatening injuries.
The crash left both cars severely damaged and toppled a traffic light.
The front end of the black hatchback was almost completely destroyed with the engine block among other debris lying metres away.
Detective Superintendent Peter Kennon at the time described the crash as a “tragic incident for all involved”.
A witness described the incident as a “very bad scene – traffic light down, one car beside centre street lights and other car with no motor or front wheels”.
Following the plea, Lynch’s lawyer John Blackley asked for an adjournment to gather submissions and complete a psychological evaluation.
The matter will return to the Supreme Court in October for submissions and sentencing.
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