A person has been charged with a number of offenses over a crash through which a 16-year-old boy died within the Northern Territory.
About 10 males, together with kids, had been passengers in a ute when it left the highway and crashed right into a tree at Palumpa, southwest of Darwin, on Wednesday afternoon.
Nearly all of the passengers had been kids touring within the tray of the ute on the time, NT Police stated.
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On the time of the crash, one of many passengers, a 16-year-old boy, was flung from the tray and died.
Following the crash, the 24-year-old driver is accused of shifting the ute, setting it on hearth and fleeing the scene.
The opposite seven passengers are additionally accused of fleeing the scene.
He was later situated and arrested by the police. He has since been launched from custody however will face prices of driving inflicting demise, destruction of proof, leaving the scene of an accident and breaching a suspended sentence.
A blood pattern was obtained from the driving force for forensic toxicology. The outcomes of that evaluation are pending.
“We consider (the driving force) was inebriated on the time of the crash so additional prices are anticipated pending forensic toxicological evaluation,” Detective Senior Sergeant Brendan Lindner stated.
“The motive force was issued a Discover to Seem and can face quite a few prices.”
He’s anticipated to seem in Darwin Native Court docket in March.
