A man is assisting with inquiries after a woman died when she was - TopicsExpress

A man is assisting with inquiries after a woman died when she was hit by a car in Yagoona last night. About 7.20pm yesterday (Thursday 3 July 2014), emergency services were called to the Hume Highway at Yagoona near the intersection with Cooper Road. A female pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and could not be revived by Ambulance Paramedics. Bankstown Local Area Command and Metropolitan Crash Investigators attended the incident and commenced an investigation. About 1.45am today (Friday 4 July 2014) a 20-year-old Guildford man attended Granville Police Station. He continues to assist crash investigators with their inquiries. Police are appealing for further information to locate a second car, described only as a blue/black two door sedan, was also on the roadway at the time of the collision. The woman also remains unidentified at this time. She is described as Pacific Islander/Maori appearance, aged between 40 and 50, with black fuzzy afro style hair. She was wearing a gold watch, a black and red knitted jumper, an orange and white knitted cardigan, dark grey tracksuit pants with two white side stripes, grey socks and black thongs. She was also carrying a set of keys on a coloured lanyard. Police are appealing for anyone with any information about the woman, car or were witnesses to the collision, and have not spoken to police, to contact the authorities. Police are urging anyone with information about this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://www1.police.nsw.gov.au/. Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.