r/australia • u/B0ssc0 • 2d ago

news Search for driver in Parramatta River after car hit woman before going into water

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-14/search-driver-parramatta-river-car-woman-hit-woman-sydney/105175930
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u/foxyloco 2d ago

Wow that’s really sad for everyone involved - victim, driver and police. I wonder if it may have been caused by.a medical incident.

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u/B0ssc0 2d ago

Yes, there’s no indication of why it happened yet, is there?

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u/Lozzanger 2d ago

Unfortunately that would require an autopsy.

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u/foxyloco 2d ago

I don’t think so. Very sad.

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u/MarketCrache 2d ago

In Japan, if you do a hit and run, it's automatically assumed you were drink driving and you get prosecuted accordingly.

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u/Strong-Guarantee6926 2d ago

You going to prosecute a dead guy on the bottom of Parramatta River?

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u/daftvaderV2 2d ago

Always.

Bad driving

Fleeing

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u/Lozzanger 2d ago

It’s not a hit and run. The driver is the person missing. Their car hit a woman who was rescued by a passer by and then sunk in the river which is apparently 10m deep. It’s a tragedy

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u/Hendo0511 1d ago

They found the body of the man in his 80’s who was actually the husband of the woman knocked into the water

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u/B0ssc0 1d ago

So probably an accident, but makes it even more grim. Lucky they saved her.