A female pedestrian was killed in an alleged hit and run involving a taxi on Thursday.
The unidentified woman, 55, was struck on Smith Street in Darwin’s CBD just after midnight, police said.
She suffered a cardiac arrest at the scene as the result of her ‘traumatic and severe injuries’ and couldn’t be revived, despite desperate attempts by paramedics.
The area remained a crime scene until late Wednesday morning, with the closure of Smith Street between Lindsay and McLachlan streets.
Smith Street in Darwin’s CBD remained a crime scene (pictured) on Thursday following an alleged hit and run
Police allege the driver did not stop but the passenger inside the cab later called officers for help.
Police later identified the taxi driver, 64, allegedly involved in the incident at the airport and arrested him.
‘The taxi has been seized for forensic testing,’ a Northern Territory Police spokesman told Daily Mail Australia.
‘The taxi driver is assisting police with their inquiries, as is the passenger.’
No charges have yet been laid.
‘The matter is still under investigation but at this stage it seems that the taxi was travelling north from Daly Street when he struck the woman,’ Sergeant Mark Casey from NT Police’s major crash investigation unit told reporters.
‘It seems as though the woman may have been laying on the road when she was hit.’
Sergeant Mark Casey (pictured) from NT Police’s major crash investigation unit spoke to the media following two fatalities in the space of five hours on Thursday
Three people have died in the last 48 hours in the Northern Territory, taking its 2018 road toll to 25.
A man was killed in a single vehicle rollover on the Kakadu Highway at around 5am on Wednesday.
Police believe speed was a factor.
The age of the man is unknown.
Police believe the woman, 55, may have already been lying on the road in Smith Street, Darwin when she was allegedly struck by the taxi
A man, 62, was struck by his partner’s four wheel drive vehicle outside a Wagait Beach home on Darwin’s western outskirts on Tuesday night.
Investigations are still continuing but detectives say that alcohol was not a factor.
Northern Territory’s road toll this time last year was 12.
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