Nelson police officer dies after being struck by car 'used as weapon' | Stuff.co.nz

A police officer has died after a car “being used as a weapon” hit her and a colleague, in a New Year’s Eve incident in Nelson.⁠
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After hitting the two officers, the vehicle allegedly returned and rammed a police car with an officer and a member of the public inside.⁠
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The victim was named as Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming, age 62.⁠
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A colleague, Adam Ramsay was also seriously injured in the incident.⁠
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Officers Fleming and Ramsay were doing foot patrol when a vehicle hit the pair.⁠
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Police Commissioner Richard Chambers said at just after 2am, two police officers were on a routine foot patrol in Buxton Square carpark in Nelson when completely unprovoked, a vehicle drove towards them, at speed, hitting both of them.⁠
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