NSW: National Christmas road toll rises to eleven

AAP General News (Australia)
12-25-2004
NSW: National Christmas road toll rises to eleven

The national Christmas holiday road toll has risen to eleven, with the death of a young
man in Melbourne and a 63-year-old man in Western Australia.

Police say the 21-year-old, from Airport West, died when the car he was driving hit
a tree in Essenden about 5.30am (AEDT).

An 18-year-old male passenger has also suffered minor injuries.

In the West Australian outback town of Marble Bar, a 63-year-old man has died when
the car he was a passenger in rolled about 6pm yesterday (WST).

Two children in this care have been treated for minor injuries.

Police in Victoria have also charged an 18-year-old male driver of car that crashed
in Clayton yesterday, leaving two teenager passengers dead and a third in hospital.

These deaths bring Victoria's holiday road toll to five.

In New South Wales, three people have died on the roads -- including two teenagers yesterday.

Police say a 17-year-old boy was burned to death when his Honda Civic crashed into
a tree near Murwillumbah, in the north of the State.

And a 19-year-old man died when his car rolled near Queanbeyan, on the border with the ACT.

Western Australia's road toll stands at two, Queensland's is one, but no road deaths
have been recorded in the Northern Territory, South Australia, the ACT or Tasmania.



(Eds: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 23 to 2359 January
3. Some states and territories have different periods.)

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