A four-year-old girl's death in a car rollover north-east of Dubbo is tragic, an experienced rescuer says.
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The child died at the scene of the single-vehicle crash on the way to Mendooran, the second serious road incident in the region at the weekend.
Twelve hours earlier a pedestrian was injured in a hit-and-run collision at Narromine.
Yesterday as the 19-year-old remained in a critical but stable condition police reported an arrest.
Detectives from Orana Local Area Command will continue investigations into both matters.
A 30-year-old Queensland woman was driving along the road to Mendooran about 1.30pm on Saturday when her car veered on to the wrong side of the road and hit a tree, NSW Police reported in a statement.
The four-year-old, who was in a booster seat in the rear of the car, died at the scene, the statement said.
Dubbo Rescue Squad captain Neil Sturrock said his volunteers, along with those from Mendooran and Coonabarabran, had responded to the rollover, where the car had become airborne and end up on its roof.
It happened on a narrow section of road lined with trees and with gutters on either side.
"It's tragic a young child was killed," Mr Sturrock said.
"I remind people on holidays to concentrate and drive to the conditions.
"Country roads are fairly unforgiving."
The woman was taken to Dubbo Hospital for treatment to a back injury and was stable, a Western NSW Local Health District spokeswoman said yesterday.
A report will be prepared for the Coroner and investigators appealed for anyone who may have witnessed the crash to contact Crime Stoppers.
Narromine's main street became a crime scene at the weekend after what police called a fail-to-stop crash on Saturday.
About 12.50am a group of men were walking south along Dandaloo Street when they began to cross the road, police said. One of them, the 19-year-old, was hit by a ute that continued to drive south along the street without stopping.
The teenager was taken to Dubbo Hospital with critical injuries before being taken to Westmead Hospital, and remained in a critical but stable condition, police said.
Yesterday acting Inspector Malcolm Andrews reported a breakthrough.
About 6pm on Saturday, after receiving information, police charged a 57-year-old man with dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.
He was also charged with failing to stop and assist after a crash, dubbed "Brendan's Law" in honour of Brendan Saul, victim of a hit-and-run at Dubbo.
The man received bail to reappear at Narromine Local Court on February 11.