AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2004
Fed: WA records first fatality taking national toll to 7
SYDNEY, Dec 24 AAP - Western Australia has recorded its first road fatality this holiday
period, bringing the national road toll to seven.
Police said a woman was killed when thrown from a car as it rolled near Karratha, 1,600
km north of Perth about 8pm (WST) yesterday.
The 23-year-old from Onslow was a backseat passenger in a Ford Falcon sedan southbound
on the North West Coastal Highway when the driver lost control and crashed the vehicle.
Earlier today, a man and a woman in their 20s were killed when their car hit a pole
in Melbourne's south-east.
Police say the accident happened about 4am (AEDT) on Wellington Road in Clayton.
It was the second double fatality in Victoria in 12 hours.
A 37-year-old mother and her 13-year-old girl were passengers in a four-wheel drive
that rolled on the Western Freeway north of Ballarat, about 120 km west of Melbourne,
last night.
Queensland and NSW have each recorded one fatality.
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