A woman's death is being treated as suspicious and a man is in custody after Tasmanian police received a report that a person was hit by a car at a property north-east of Hobart.
Police said emergency services were called to a house in Native Corners Road at Campania, near Richmond, about 3:30am, after being told a person was seriously injured by a car.
The woman was found by first responders, but was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 38-year-old Campania man has been taken into custody and is assisting police with their investigation.
Five marked police cars, two crash investigation vehicles and one ambulance were parked at the rural property this morning while investigations took place.
Five marked police cars, two crash investigation vehicles and one ambulance were parked at the rural property this morning while investigations took place.
A drone was also used by police to survey the scene.
Along the driveway to the property were several yellow cones where the woman was found, and a white Holden Commodore, which was parked to the side.
Police said the woman's family had been notified.
Woman suffered 'multiple trauma'
Tasmania Police Detective Acting Inspector Nicholas Bowden would not elaborate on the relationship between the man custody and the deceased woman other than police "believe the parties were known to one another".
"We do not believe children were present at the scene."
He said evidence located at the scene "would suggest the female has been struck by a car" and that "she suffered multiple trauma and she was located deceased".
Emergency services were alerted to the scene by "a call made by someone at the residence".
Detective Acting Inspector Bowden said there are "other witnesses we are speaking to but at this stage there is just one man taken into custody".
The white car at the scene, which police said was not registered to the man in custody, has been towed away and "will be subject to further forensic investigation".
He passed on condolences to the woman's family and loved ones and praised "first responders, both ambulance and police" who were "on the scene fairly quickly".
