FED: National Christmas road toll stands at eight

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2006
FED: National Christmas road toll stands at eight

Ten people have been killed on Australia's roads in the first two days of the national
holiday road count.

Today's deaths include a baby in Sydney and a double fatality in South Australia.

Two men died in a two-car collision in Adelaide's west at Birken Head about 5.25pm (AEDT).

Police say they were driving driving in separate cars .. that collided in Victoria Road.

This morning .. a four-month-old baby died after the van it was travelling in was rear-ended
by another vehicle in Sydney's south-west.

An unlicensed male driver has since been charged over the fatal accident and will appear
in court in January.

Meanwhile .. in Queensland .. a man was killed near Rockhampton when his vehicle hit
a tree about 6am (AEST) today.

And in Victoria .. a 22-year-old woman has died in a car accident at Cowes on Phillip Island.

She died when the driver lost control of the vehicle and slammed into a tree.

Queensland has the highest Christmas road toll .. standing at three while two people
have died in both New South Wales .. South Australia .. and Tasmania .. and there's been
one death in Victoria.





(Eds: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 22 to 2359 January
5. Some states and territories have different periods.)

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