WA News LIVE: Man Arrested over Hit-and-Run Incident in Coodanup; Perth Shivers Through Coldest Day in More than 50 Years
A 37-year-old man was arrested after a hit-and-run critically injured a 20-year-old pedestrian on Steerforth Drive; the vehicle, a white Hyundai Getz, was seized by police.
- On Monday, a 20-year-old pedestrian, Ty-Kai Yarran, was struck around 9.40pm on Steerforth Drive in Coodanup and rushed to Royal Perth Hospital in critical condition while Mandurah Detectives arrested a 37-year-old man.
- The driver fled the scene and did not render assistance, so forensic teams scoured the area for evidence and police urged the public to send security camera footage to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
- Police charged a 37-year-old man from Dudley Park with multiple offences after allegedly deliberately targeting a pedestrian with a white Hyundai Getz; investigators seized the vehicle and security camera footage shows the impact.
- The accused will appear in Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday, while the 37-year-old suspect assists police and the victim remains in critical condition in Royal Perth Hospital intensive care.
- Yesterday, Perth shivered through its coldest day in more than 50 years, with a maximum temperature of 11.4 degrees, matching July 1975; winter rainfall this year has been above average, with August nearing more than 186 millimetres.
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