Darwin hit-and-run driver who left a woman for dead remains at large
The search for a hit-and-run driver who allegedly struck and killed a 27-year-old Indigenous woman on one of Darwin's busiest main roads continues into its fifth day.
The search for a driver who allegedly struck and killed a 27-year-old Indigenous woman on one of Darwin's busiest main roads continues, five days after her death.
The woman was found by a passer-by on Bagot Road in Ludmilla shortly after 1.20am on Saturday.
By the time emergency services arrived, she was dead.
Northern Territory police are investigating the young woman's death as a hit and run, alleging the driver failed to stop and help, or report the incident.
Acting Assistant Commissioner Peter Malley said on Sunday officers had been door knocking in the area, reviewing CCTV footage and speaking with other witnesses and drivers — but the investigation had so far turned up no leads.
He said the collision occurred on a poorly lit stretch of the six-lane Bagot Road — at a section left in darkness after a light pole was broken in a previous crash and never repaired.
"There was a previous crash that took out a light pole and the lights along Bagot were not on," he said.
Police said detectives from the Major Crash Investigation Unit and the Coronial Investigation Unit were in close contact with the victim's family.
Five days since her death, police have not released any details about the victim except her age and the fact she was Aboriginal.
On Wednesday, Acting Assistant Commissioner James O'Brien said while the culprit had not been found for almost a week, police were "not worried at all".
"We have an investigation plan in place and we are following that," he said.
"Eventually we will release further information."
Growing list of hit-and-run drivers at large
Saturday's unresolved death on Bagot Road is now the latest in a growing list of hit-and-run investigations across the Northern Territory, including one stretching back more than a decade.
Police are still searching for the driver who allegedly killed 38-year-old Kwementyaye Nelson on the Stuart Highway near the Threeways Roadhouse on the night of November 28, 2014.
His body was found by family members the following day.
Kwementyaye Nelson died in 2014 after suffering injuries "consistent with being struck by [a] motor vehicle". (Supplied: NT Police)
In September, police doubled the reward for information from $250,000 to $500,000.
At the time, Acting Commander Drew Slape said Mr Nelson had been left with injuries "consistent with being struck by a motor vehicle", but no one had ever come forward.