Fed: Holiday road toll rises to 32 after two deaths in WA
27 Dec 2008 7:05 PM
SYDNEY, Dec 27 AAP - Two fatalities in Western Australia have brought the national holiday road toll to 32.
Police said the two died in a head-on collision between a four-wheel drive carrying four people and a car with two people at Lake Clifton, south of Mandurah, at about 2pm (WST) on Saturday.
The two that died are believed to have been from the four-wheel drive.
Two other people have been flown to a Perth hospital in a serious condition.
Police said at this stage details of the people involved in the accident were not available.
The deaths bring the state's holiday road toll to six.
Victoria still tops the road toll with nine deaths, followed by NSW with seven.
There have been six deaths in Queensland, six in Western Australia, three in the Northern Territory and one in South Australia.
No road fatalities have been recorded in Tasmania or the Australian Capital Territory.
STATE FATALITIES
Queensland - 6
NSW - 7
ACT - 0
Victoria - 9
Tasmania - 0
South Australia - 1
Northern Territory - 3
Western Australia - 6
TOTAL -32
(EDS: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 19 to 2359 January 2. Some states and territories have different periods.)
