Narromine's much-debated Cenotaph has fallen victim to a hit-and-run driver.
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The fence surrounding the structure was damaged during the weekend when a vehicle, trailer or truck, ran into it and drove away.
Traffic damage to the memorial was one of the reasons Narromine Shire Council made the controversial decision, at this month's meeting, to move the Cenotaph.
The damage happened on Friday night or Saturday morning, according to the Narromine police report.
"Between 10pm Friday, July 25 and 10am Saturday, July 26 an unknown object, believed to be either a vehicle, trailer or truck has struck one of the concrete pylons causing the pylon to break," it states.
"This has caused one part of the fence to be broken off as well."
The Cenotaph's current location has been known to confuse travellers and out-of-towners when they drive through the Mitchell Highway and Dandaloo Street.
Narromine Shire Mayor, Bill McAnally said it's terrible.
"We (council) certainly didn't like that happening," he said.
"There's been a fair bit of traffic going through with the bypass still closed, but it's been an ongoing problem and there's been that amount of traffic for years."
Cr McAnally said while it wasn't the main reason for moving the Cenotaph it certainly was a contributing factor.
"The main reason (we're moving it) is it's getting pulled apart. If it didn't need the work done we could leave it there as long as it liked.''
Cr McAnally confirmed only the fence was damaged and he was unsure whether council would get it fixed due to the pending movement.
"We're going to have to look at it. We can fix it, we have casts for the pylons, we can fix it. We'll have to see when we're moving it, we don't want it looking half broken in the middle of town," he said.
"We should be getting very close to moving it."
The mayor and police are appealing to the public for information about who caused the damage.
"Any person with information that may assist in the investigation is asked to contact the police," the report stated.
"We don't want people destroying anything in this town," Cr McAnally said.
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