Police are continuing to appeal for information to assist with investigations into a fatal hit and run at Hatton Vale late last year.
About 10.50pm on December 14, a 36-year-old woman was struck by an unknown vehicle travelling westbound in the left lane on the Warrego highway about 200 metres east of the Shell service station.
It is believed the woman, Julie Thomsen, was with another person walking back towards a vehicle after it had broken down on the side of the road when she was struck. The woman died at the scene. Investigators had previously released a picture of a car part to help identify the make and model of the vehicle involved and have today released images of additional fragments from the scene.
Officer in charge of Toowoomba Forensic Crash Unit, Sergeant Stephen Coote said the vehicle would have sustained damage to the front, left side.
“The damage would have been noticeable to anyone after the collision. We are asking the driver of the vehicle and anyone who may recognise a vehicle that may have been in the area at that time with the described damage and missing these components to contact police”
“Officers are trying to gather a complete picture of the incident to complete our investigation, but most importantly so Julie’s family can gain an understanding of how she died.”
“If people intentionally are withholding information about Julie’s death they need to consider the burden they are placing on themselves in the future,” Sergeant Coote said.
Signage has since been erected at the scene of the incident in an effort to jog the memories of anyone who may have been in the area at the time.
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