{"id":493712,"date":"2026-02-21T02:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T02:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/493712\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T02:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T02:31:10","slug":"man-charged-with-murder-after-woman-struck-by-car-in-reservoir-in-melbournes-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/493712\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with murder after woman struck by car in Reservoir in Melbourne&#8217;s north"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman in Reservoir in Melbourne&#8217;s north.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police and paramedics were called to reports of a woman being hit by a car on Seston Street about 7:40pm last night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The woman died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The Homicide Squad was called and detectives arrested a 44-year-old Reservoir man, Luke Rainey, at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">During a brief hearing at the Melbourne Magistrates&#8217; Court, police prosecutors explained processing the crime scene and dealing with forensics would take 12 weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Rainey did not apply for bail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The matter has since been adjourned.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two police officers in blue, one wearing a face mask, stand behind police tape next to a tree and fence at night.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3f56fd8e3f16b99b384206d7f4002563.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Forensic officers remained at the scene overnight. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">One neighbour told the media that prior to the fatal incident he saw the woman attacking the man after he had gotten out of a four-wheel-drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Everything erupted,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Screaming, violence&#8230;she just starting throwing things, picking up trollies, throwing them at the car.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Police have not released any details about the woman&#8217;s identity but said she and the man knew each other.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">There was a large police presence in the street throughout the night as investigators gathered evidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The accused will appear at the Melbourne Magistrates&#8217; Court today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman in Reservoir in Melbourne&#8217;s north.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,5865,49307,2968,44,2024,210039],"class_list":["post-493712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-car","tag-homicide-squad","tag-murder","tag-news","tag-victoria-police","tag-woman-killed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}