Woman dead, man injured after single car rollover on Litchfield Park Rd, Top End
Police are investigating the circumstances of a crash that killed a female passenger and left the male driver with non life-threatening injuries.
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A woman has died and a man rushed to hospital after a single vehicle crash on a rural road.
Northern Watch Commander Steve Rankin said the pair had been travelling north on Litchfield Park Rd on Sunday afternoon.
Sergeant Rankin said the man – who was driving – lost control of the grey Mazda 3 after a “sweeping left hand bend” about 45km away from the Cox Peninsula Rd intersection.
He said the car crashed into the embankment on the other side of the road and rolled at 4.30pm.
He said general duties police members and paramedics attended the crash, but the woman was declared deceased at the scene.
Sergeant Rankin said the man was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
He could not confirm whether the driver had been under the influence of alcohol or drugs and said the incident was still under investigation.
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