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Plenty man charged over fatal Hobart car crash in July 2024

A man will face court in May in relation to a fatal car crash last year. Read the details.

Scene of a fatal crash at the ABC roundabout in Hobart on Sunday 21st July 2024. Picture: Linda Higginson
Scene of a fatal crash at the ABC roundabout in Hobart on Sunday 21st July 2024. Picture: Linda Higginson

A man from the Derwent Valley has been charged with manslaughter in relation to a two car crash last year in which an 18-year-old was killed.

Police have charged a 19-year-old man from Plenty with manslaughter and causing grievous bodily harm in relation to the fatal crash on the Brooker Highway in Hobart on July 21 last year.

A police spokesperson said the man was arrested and charged this week after an extensive investigation.

He is due to appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court on May 28.

The 18-year-old Hobart man, a passenger, died in the crash at the intersection of Bathurst Street and the Brooker Highway about 4am.

The male driver and another passenger in the vehicle, a black ute, received serious but not life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the second vehicle, a grey SUV, was the only occupant and also received serious but not life threatening injuries.

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