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Brendan Moylan, a member of parliament for Northern Tablelands, the region where Walcha is located, thanked emergency responders and other bystanders for their "swift and incredibly professional work at the scene".

It made me realise that bystanders can feel incredibly conflicted about taking action.

Police and bystanders rescued the group, but one woman suffered a heart attack and could not be revived.

"The rich ones always forget their roots," one bystander remarks.

PIT manoeuvres sometimes result in the deaths of innocent bystanders, the federal government wrote in a 2023 report that urged officers to consider less dangerous pursuit techniques.