NSW: National Holiday Road Toll Rises to 17
23 Dec 2008 11:15 AM
The national holiday road toll has risen to 17 .. with the death of a motorcyclist in Victoria and a woman in Queensland overnight.
Victoria's toll now stands at five following the death of the 30-year-old motorcyclist.
Police say he clipped a pedestrian then slammed into a street sign in Tullamarine .. in Melbourne's north .. about five yesterday morning.
The pedestrian wasn't seriously injured.
Meanwhile .. a 67-year-old woman's died in a car wreck in Queensland's west .. bringing the state's holiday road toll to three.
Police say a car left the Barkley Highway .. north of Mount Isa .. and rolled several times about six (AEST) yesterday evening.
The woman was killed instantly .. the 37 year old female driver .. an 11-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy were taken to Mount Isa Hospital with serious injuries.
Elsewhere .. the Northern Territory has recorded two fatalities .. and one person has died in Western Australia .
The ACT .. Tasmania and South Australia remain fatality free.
(EDS: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 19 to 2359 January 2. Some states and territories have different periods.)
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