Senior Sergeant killed and officer injured in Nelson vehicle incident

Wednesday 1 January 2025 · 7 outlets · 4 reports · updated Thu 2 Jan 2025, 2:22pm

In this story Richard Chambers

Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming has died after being struck by a vehicle during a foot patrol in Nelson's Buxton Square carpark on New Year's Eve. Her colleague, Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay, is now in stable condition following surgery. A driver is facing a murder charge in relation to the incident.

How they headlined it

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1. The Press via StuffWed 1 Jan 2025, 9:48pm

   ‘We love you’: Flags at half mast for kindhearted policewoman killed in New Year’s Eve incident (opens in new tab)

   Also on Waikato Times (opens in new tab), The Post (opens in new tab), Stuff (opens in new tab)

2. 1NewsThu 2 Jan 2025, 11:49am

   Police officer injured in Nelson ramming in stable condition (opens in new tab)

3. Otago Daily TimesThu 2 Jan 2025, 11:51am

   Ramsay in stable condition as scene blessed (opens in new tab)

4. NZ HeraldThu 2 Jan 2025, 2:22pm

   Nelson police officer Lyn Fleming killed: Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay now in a stable condition (opens in new tab)