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Manslaughter charge after alleged hit and run

Updated at 8:04 pm on 21 October 2012

A man has been charged with manslaughter after a suspected hit and run incident near New Plymouth.

Anne Elizabeth McCullough, 45, was found dead in the back seat of a car on Saturday, near a place known as Meeting of the Waters, south of New Plymouth.

Detective Senior Sergeant Grant Coward said she appeared to have been running in a nearby rural area on Saturday when she was hit by a car and killed.

A man, 27, is charged with manslaughter.

Police are asking the public to report any sightings of a purple Holden Commodore that Ms McCullough was found in.

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