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Daily Mail
a day ago
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Sydney M4 crash: Major traffic delays after motorcyclist is struck by a police car
A motorbike rider has died in a horror crash on the M4 Motorway after he was struck by two cars including a police vehicle. The motorcyclist was travelling east along the M4 near Church Street at Parramatta, in Sydney 's west, when he collided with a white sedan at about 2am on Wednesday. He rider was thrown from his bike and onto the road when a marked police vehicle, from Cumberland Police Area Command, then struck into him. Police immediately started CPR until paramedics arrived at the scene. The man, who was yet to be identified, was rushed to Westmead Hospital but could not be revived. The driver of the sedan and a male Senior Constable were also taken to Westmead Hospital for mandatory testing. 'The police vehicle was not on urgent duty and did not have lights or sirens activated at the time,' NSW Police said. 'There had been no interaction with and no pursuit of the motorcyclist or any other vehicle. 'Initial information is the officers were returning to the station when the incident occurred.' Police have established a crime scene and a critical incident team, including officers from Auburn Police and the Crash Investigation Unit, are investigating the incident. The investigation will be subject of an independent review by the Professional Standards Command and oversight by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission. A report will be prepared for the Coroner. Investigators are at the scene and have closed all eastbound lanes between Cumberland Highway and Burnett Street in Merrylands. There is no forecast of when the road will reopen, with motorists being urged to avoid the area. Heavier vehicles should use the Cumberland Highway, Great Western Highway, Church St, Parramatta Rd, and James Ruse Dr to return to the motorway. According to Live Traffic, congestion is banked up to Huntingwood.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Eels youngster's setback opens door for Dylan Brown as Mitchell Moses set for return
The Parramatta Eels have been handed a major blow in the backend of the season with fullback Isaiah Iongi ruled out for up to four weeks, while they can expect chief halfback Mitchell Moses back. Eels fans have been building for the return of Moses who returned to the struggling side and managed to lift their performances dramatically. The side sitting second-last has lost three games in a row, but 22-year-old Iongi has been a standout star amid the form slump. Although Jason Ryles and the team have been delivered a huge blow with Iongi ruled out for up to four weeks due to a hand injury, according to . Iongi suffered the broken hand in the defeat to the Canberra Raiders last Saturday, but played close to 60 minutes with the injury. Iongi will now sit out for around a month as he recovers. Iongi was brought into the side with former captain Clint Gutherson moving on after reports he was going to lose his No.1 jersey to the youngster. In a tough year where Ryles has implemented change throughout the squad, Iongi has been a star with his work ethic a highlight at the back. While the Eels will be welcoming back their chief playmaker in Moses, they will be losing one of their best attacking weapons in the same week. Mitchell Moses set for Parramatta Eels return The Eels struggled without Moses in the side for the start of the year, before the halfback returned. He then injured himself ahead of State of Origin Game 2 for NSW and hasn't played since round 14. His expected return this weekend against the Broncos will boost the Eels who have shown promising signs in recent weeks, despite going down to the Dragons, Panthers and Raiders. His combination with Zax Lomax was a real highlight for Eels fans, before Moses' injury and the club will be hoping the duo can link up again on the right side. Dylan Brown faces potential Eels recall Iongi's injury paves the way for Dylan Brown to make a return to the XIII. The five-eighth was dropped from the side to play the Raiders with Ryles planning for the future with the side out of finals set to miss out on finals footy. Brown is on his way out the door to join the Knights at the end of the season. Ryles opted to play Brown at No.9 against the Panthers in week 19, before leaving him out against the Raiders last weekend. Questions were asked if Brown had played his final game for the club. Although Ryles shut down this suggestion last week. "No, he hasn't, I don't think, but I don't have a crystal ball," Ryles said on Friday. "The option to use him again is certainly there. If that does come up and we get an injury or two and he fits into that picture, then we'll do that, definitely." And it appears there is a chance he could slot into the halves, alongside Moses, with Joash Papalii the back-up fullback in the squad. Although Ryles could use Lomax in the No.1 jersey if he feels he wants a different line-up.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
Coroner breaks down as he closes inquest into brutal murder of Indian mum - after bombshell new clue was revealed on the final day of evidence
A male magistrate was overcome with emotion as he closed the inquest into the mysterious fatal stabbing of an Indian mum in a Sydney park. NSW Deputy State Coroner Magistrate David O'Neil found Prabha Kumar, 41, died by homicide from multiple stab wounds to the neck by a person or persons unknown on March 7, 2015 at Parramatta in Sydney's west. He formally recommended the matter be referred to the unsolved homicide squad for further investigation. His voice cracked as he thanked the murdered woman's family members, which included Ms Kumar's daughter Meghana, 21, who was watching from India, and the victim's sister and niece, Shubha and Aranya, who were in court. The coroner said that it was the 'heartfelt wish' of Ms Kumar's family 'that the perpetrator or perpetrators are brought to justice'. He said that of all the possible explanations for the murder - including a possible sex attack, racial assault or robbery - police consider a targeted killing the most likely explanation. He reached his findings after it was revealed that mystery DNA had been found on Ms Kumar's backpack after the deadly attack. Analysis of her clothing and bag discovered a mixed DNA profile - including hers and that of a male - on the front zip area of her backpack. The sample, named Profile D, did not match any other on the national criminal investigation database. Following the inquest's conclusion, Homicide Squad Commander Detective Superintendent Joe Doueihi re-appealed for information about the murder. NSW Police have now offered a $1million reward for any new leads that result in the arrest and conviction of her killer. The inquest heard a suspicious person 'dressed all in black' was seen both before and after the deadly attack, and was captured on CCTV footage played at the inquest on Monday. The coroner was told Ms Kumar's husband, Arun Kumar, had been having an affair, had just renewed his wife's life insurance, and changed the PIN on her bank account an hour before her stabbing. Two days after the murder, as Mr Kumar flew to Australia after deleting messages between himself and his lover in India, she texted him, saying: 'Idiot, you've got to be strong. 'Do you need me to come?' At the time of her murder, Ms Kumar was on a long phone call to her husband in India. He has since given three different versions to police of what he heard during the call. The inquest was told detectives are still investigating whether Mr Kumar could have organised the hit on his wife. Ms Kumar's only child, daughter Megahana, 21, watched the two-day inquest by audio video link from India on Monday as it was shown video of her mother's final moments. Counsel Assisting the inquest Jillian Caldwell said Ms Kumar was clearly 'relaxed' while on the phone to Arun until she was attacked without warning. As she commuted home by train from her IT job at an office in Rhodes to Parramatta via Strathfield, she looked 'unconcerned' as she crossed the street. However, the CCTV footage cuts out just as the 41-year-old was walking past Evolve Housing on Argyle Street at 9.17pm on March 7, 2015. 'This is the last image of Prabha,' Ms Caldwell said. '(She) is talking on her phone to Arun. There is no-one behind her. She's not concerned about her whereabouts.' The footage was captured 130m from where she was stabbed, which was only 300m from her Westmead home. Mr Kumar's account of what happened next varies in differing statements he gave police. The inquest heard that prior to her death, Prabha's husband Arun (pictured at his wife's funeral in Bangalore) had been having an affair, had renewed her life insurance and changed the PIN on her bank account an hour before the fatal stabbing Initially, he said he could not hear another person, but later said he could clearly hear the voice of his wife's attacker. After arriving in Australia, Mr Kumar told police on March 9, 2015, that his wife had told him in the moments before the attack that 'a guy completely covered in black … suddenly passed me'. He said she had cried out, 'Please do not do anything to me … I will give, I will give', before she screamed loudly when she was stabbed. In that interview, Mr Kumar said he didn't hear anything else. But in November that year, he said that after pleading with her attacker not to hurt her, she then cried out after being attacked, 'You have stabbed me, no-one is around'. In February 2016, he told detectives he could hear someone in the background making demands of her. One of Ms Kumar's flatmates, Sarada, also gave a different account of what her husband told her had happened. On the evening of the attack, Sarada, who had never previously spoken with Mr Kumar, had eight missed calls from him. He told her: 'Sarada Sarada, I'm Prabha's husband. It looks like Prabha is in danger, can you go to the park?' When Sarada ran straight to the park and saw police and an ambulance, she called Mr Kumar back and asked how he knew his wife was in danger. She said Mr Kumar told her his wife 'saw a guy in black and told him, 'Don't do anything to me. I'll give you anything I have' and had then said, 'He stabbed me'. A passer-by found Ms Kumar facedown and bleeding profusely on the footpath. One man, then a student, recalled hearing two screams and went to investigate. He heard 'screaming, loud, intense, it sounded like someone being attacked' and then 'heard a second scream, louder, more of a crying scream,' Ms Caldwell said. Police and an ambulance initially couldn't find Ms Kumar, but when she was located, her heart was beating and she had a pulse. Paramedics rushed her to Westmead Hospital, applying ventilation and adrenaline en route. By 11pm, three cardiac specialists were operating on her wounds to stem the blood flow. But by 12.15am, Ms Kumar started to deteriorate and her blood pressure dropped. She died half an hour later. NSW Police told the inquest Mr Kumar remains one of several persons of interest.
ABC News
2 days ago
- ABC News
Stabbing death of Prabha Arun Kumar in 2015 ruled a 'targeted killing' by coroner
A coroner has found the death of a 41-year-old mother in Western Sydney a decade ago was the result of homicide committed by an unknown person, insisting police continue their investigation into her "targeted killing". Indian national Prabha Arun Kumar died after being stabbed multiple times in the neck by a person dressed in black while walking home alone through Parramatta on the night of March 7, 2015. Ms Kumar was then taken to Westmead Hospital but died the following day. The inquest heard that at the time of the attack Ms Kumar was on the phone with her husband, Arun Kumar, who was in India. The coroner was previously told the husband had been having an affair, had just renewed his wife's life insurance, and changed the PIN on her bank account only an hour before her stabbing. The court heard that police were still investigating whether Mr Kumar may have organised the hit on his wife. Mr Kumar has never been charged in relation to his wife's death, and the person who carried out the attack has never been identified. The mother-of-one was seen on multiple security camera's catching two trains and walking through Parramatta in the lead-up to the attack. CCTV footage released by the court shows an unidentifiable figure dressed in black captured on a resident's security cameras near where the attack took place on the same night. Handing down his findings on Tuesday, Deputy State Coroner David O'Neil said that police considered the most likely explanation for Ms Kumar's death was a "targeted killing". Mr O'Neil referred the case to the NSW Police unresolved homicide squad to continue their investigation.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
Bombshell new video reveals shadowy figure in a laneway moments before mum was fatally stabbed in the neck - as shocking details emerge about her failing marriage
New CCTV has revealed a shadowy figure dressed all in black moments before a mother unleashed blood-curdling screams as she was fatally stabbed in the neck. The footage was played on Monday at the inquest into the murder of Indian national Prabha Kumar, 41, who was killed in a Parramatta park in Sydney 's west in 2015. The inquest was told Ms Kumar's husband, Arun Kumar, had been having an affair, had just renewed his wife's life insurance, and changed the PIN on her bank account an hour before her stabbing. Two days after the murder, as Mr Kumar flew to Australia after deleting messages between himself and his lover in India, she texted him, saying: 'Idiot, you've got to be strong. 'Do you need me to come?' At the time of the deadly attack, Ms Kumar was on a long phone call to her husband in India. He has since given three different versions to police of what he heard during the call. The inquest was told detectives are still investigating whether Mr Kumar could have organised the hit on his wife. Ms Kumar's only child, daughter Megahana, 21, watched the two-day inquest by audio video link from India on Monday as it was shown video of her mother's final moments. Counsel Assisting the inquest Jillian Caldwell said Ms Kumar was clearly 'relaxed' while on the phone to Arun until she was attacked without warning. As she commuted home by train from her IT job at an office in Rhodes to Parramatta via Strathfield, she looked 'unconcerned' as she crossed the street. However, the CCTV footage cuts out just as the 41-year-old was walking past Evolve Housing on Argyle Street at 9.17pm on March 7, 2015. 'This is the last image of Prabha,' Ms Caldwell said. '(She) is talking on her phone to Arun. There is no-one behind her. She's not concerned about her whereabouts.' The footage was captured 130m from where she was stabbed, which was only 300m from her Westmead home. Mr Kumar's account of what happened next varies in differing statements he gave police. The inquest heard that prior to her death, Prabha's husband Arun (pictured at his wife's funeral in Bangalore) had been having an affair, had renewed her life insurance and changed the PIN on her bank account an hour before the fatal stabbing Initially, he said he could not hear another person, but later said he could clearly hear the voice of his wife's attacker. After arriving in Australia, Mr Kumar told police on March 9, 2015, that his wife had told him in the moments before the attack that 'a guy completely covered in black … suddenly passed me'. He said she had cried out, 'Please do not do anything to me … I will give, I will give', before she screamed loudly when she was stabbed. In that interview, Mr Kumar said he didn't hear anything else. But in November that year, he said that after pleading with her attacker not to hurt her, she then cried out after being attacked, 'You have stabbed me, no-one is around'. In February 2016, he told detectives he could hear someone in the background making demands of her. One of Ms Kumar's flatmates, Sarada, also gave a different account of what her husband told her had happened. On the evening of the attack, Sarada, who had never previously spoken with Mr Kumar, had eight missed calls from him. He told her: 'Sarada Sarada, I'm Prabha's husband. It looks like Prabha is in danger, can you go to the park?' When Sarada ran straight to the park and saw police and an ambulance, she called Mr Kumar back and asked how he knew his wife was in danger. She said Mr Kumar told her his wife 'saw a guy in black and told him, 'Don't do anything to me. I'll give you anything I have' and had then said, 'He stabbed me'. A passer-by found Ms Kumar facedown and bleeding profusely on the footpath. One man, then a student, recalled hearing two screams and went to investigate. He heard 'screaming, loud, intense, it sounded like someone being attacked' and then 'heard a second scream, louder, more of a crying scream,' Ms Caldwell said. Police and an ambulance initially couldn't find Ms Kumar, but when she was located, her heart was beating and she had a pulse. Paramedics rushed her to Westmead Hospital, applying ventilation and adrenaline en route. By 11pm, three cardiac specialists were operating on her wounds to stem the blood flow. But by 12.15am, Ms Kumar started to deteriorate and her blood pressure dropped. She died half an hour later. NSW Police told the inquest Mr Kumar remains one of several persons of interest. While the investigation into the murder remains live, there has been a recommendation it be referred to the Homicide Cold Case Unit. The inquest is expected to conclude on Tuesday.
