South Hedland carer allegedly ran down partner in mobility scooter

Police will allege a 32-year-old woman due in court today to face a murder charge ran down the man she was caring for as he sat in his mobility scooter. Detectives had been investigating the man’s death which happened on Monday night in South Hedland. Police say the 34-year-old man was found about 10pm on Kennedy Street, following a traffic collision in which he was seriously injured. Police will allege the woman allegedly ran the man over in a car while he was in his mobility scooter. The West Australian has been told the man and woman were in a de-facto relationship. She was also his carer. Yesterday, Homicide Squad detectives charged the woman from South Hedland with murder. She was refused bail and is due to appear in the South Hedland Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.