Police charge driver over alleged burnout that killed onlooker near Newcastle
The 22-year-old was arrested at Maitland Police Station on Sunday afternoon and charged with a number of offences including dangerous driving occasioning death.
Emergency services were called to a fire trail off Haul Road in Stockrington, north-west of Newcastle, just after midnight on Sunday.
Police will allege the driver of a Ford Fairmont sedan left the scene after hitting three people as he was doing a burnout.
They say two women who were hit had left before emergency service crews arrived, while a 53-year-old man who was struck suffered critical head injuries.
He died a short time later.
Police allege the car was found burnt out on McFarlanes Road at Chisholm, near Maitland, about 2:40am.
The 22-year-old will appear before the Parramatta Local Court for a bail hearing today.
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