{"id":908337,"date":"2026-09-28T08:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/908337\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T08:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:20:17","slug":"police-urge-female-driver-behind-bega-fatal-hit-and-run-to-come-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/908337\/","title":{"rendered":"Police urge female driver behind Bega fatal hit-and-run to come forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police are urging a woman they believe reversed into and killed a 73-year-old man following an argument on the NSW South Coast last month to come forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Eden man Trevor Fleet was struck by a vehicle on August 31 at 12:16pm at Newtown Road near the intersection of the Princes Highway at Bega.<\/p>\n

It is believed that Mr Fleet and a woman had pulled over to the side of the road and had a face-to-face argument before the alleged offender returned to her vehicle and reversed into him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Fleet fell to the ground, sustained serious injuries and died in hospital the next day.<\/p>\n

Four weeks on, NSW Police said they were looking for a woman in her 30s or 40s.<\/p>\n

“The offender remains in the community and knows what has occurred,” said Detective Inspector Justin Marks.<\/p>\n

“I’m hoping the offender has a conscience.<\/p>\n

“I’m hoping the offender comes forward and is \u2026 given the opportunity to provide her version of events.”<\/p>\n

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Detective Inspector Justin Marks is the crime manager at South Coast Police District. (ABC South East NSW: Adriane Reardon)<\/p>\n

NSW Police believe the meeting between the two was not planned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Detective Marks said Mr Fleet’s partner was in their vehicle at the time and is still “traumatised” from the incident.<\/p>\n

“Trevor was a husband, a loving parent, a family member and a friend to many,” he said.<\/p>\n

“What we’re looking at is an elderly male who was well respected in the community that has died unnecessarily.”\"a<\/p>\n

A photo of Trevor Fleet (right) with his sister, Jenny, has been provided by NSW Police with permission from the Fleet family.\u00a0 (Supplied)<\/p>\n

Strike Force established<\/p>\n

NSW Police has established Strike Force Dalore to investigate, combing through witness statements, CCTV and submissions via CrimeStoppers.<\/p>\n

They are now after the public’s help to narrow their search for a Caucasian woman of “solid build”, five-and-a-half feet tall, with a round face and blonde hair.<\/p>\n

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The hit-and-run occurred on Newtown Road in Bega in August. (ABC South East NSW: Adriane Reardon)<\/p>\n

She was wearing navy blue work pants and a dark long-sleeve jumper, and was driving a large silver SUV, believed to be a Holden brand, with NSW black and white number plates and a bull bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Investigators believe that other motorists driving past at the time may have witnessed Mr Fleet being hit by this vehicle,” said Detective Marks.<\/p>\n

“Unless that person was travelling through Bega to travel south or north, that person had to be in Bega for a reason. So we’re assuming that that person is tied to the community.<\/p>\n

“No piece of information is too small, and what may seem as insignificant could prove vital to this investigation.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are urging a woman they believe reversed into and killed a 73-year-old man following an argument on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":908338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[476390,133998,60078,66329,43,48240,174964,44,476391,1158,41,39,42,40,476392],"class_list":["post-908337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-73-year-old","tag-bega","tag-crimestoppers","tag-eden","tag-headlines","tag-hit-and-run","tag-justin-marks","tag-news","tag-newtown-road","tag-police","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-trevor-fleet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908337","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=908337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}