NSW: NSW road toll rises to three after Pacific Hwy accident
21 Dec 2008 8:23 AM
SYDNEY, Dec 20 AAP - The NSW Christmas road toll has risen to three this weekend after a teenager was killed when a four wheel drive vehicle rolled on the Pacific Highway in the state's north.
The Nissan Patrol with six people on board rolled while travelling north along the Pacific Highway, at Ulmarra near Grafton, at 6.40pm (AEDT) on Saturday night.
Police say at least two people were ejected from the car as it rolled, with a 19-year-old female passenger taken to Grafton Hospital in a critical condition.
She died soon after.
Two passengers trapped in the vehicle were airlifted to Lismore Base Hospital.
The accident closed both directions of the Pacific Hwy for a number of hours, police said.
The death follows a fatality in a collision in Sydney's south at 6.45pm (AEDT) on Saturday.
The Ford utility and Ford Focus crashed on the River Road at Woronora, instantly killing a female passenger of the Ford Focus and trapping others, police said.
The male driver of the utility was taken to St George Hospital in a serious condition.
Earlier on Saturday a third person was found dead in his car at 7.30am (AEDT) at Grawin, in the state's central north.
A passer-by discovered the body of man in the Ford utility vehicle, which had crashed into a tree on the Glengarry Rd.
Police are now investigating the accident.
(EDS: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 19 to 2359 January 2. Some states and territories have different periods).
