According to NT Police, a single-vehicle crash was reported on Larapinta Drive, about 100 metres from the Telegraph Terrace intersection, around 6:30am yesterday. "Investigations indicated the male had suffered injuries inconsistent with a crash and was believed to have been assaulted with an edged weapon prior to entering the vehicle.
"The vehicle had crashed into a tree on the median strip with an adult male driver trapped inside," police said in a statement.