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A driver who collided with a pedestrian and was chased by police before crashing his car in Grafton yesterday, was wanted on outstanding warrants.
Officers from Coffs/Clarence Police District responded to reports a 35-year-old man had been hit by a car on Duke Street about 3:30pm.
Police were told the man had been involved in a fight with a 38-year-old man, who then got into a Holden Colorado and allegedly drove at the younger man, hitting him.
When officers arrived in the street, he fled in the Colorado, and police went after him.
The driver turned onto Prince Street and approached Dobie Street at speed, where the vehicle hit a roundabout, then mounted the kerb before rolling and crashing into a tree.
A man, charged with pushing over a 53-year-old at a Coffs Harbour pub, has now been accused of assault causing death.
Police say the victim was involved in a physical altercation at The Plantation Hotel on Saturday night, where he fell and hit his head on a concrete floor.
Two days later, emergency services found the 53-year-old dead at a unit on Korff Street.
A crime scene was set up and forensically examined.
As part of Strike Force Boodgery’s investigations, a 44-year-old man was arrested over the assault at Woolgoolga on April 13.
He was charged at Coffs Harbour Police Station with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.