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Vic: 17-year-old girl dies in single vehicle crash


28 Dec 2008 2:31 AM

Victoria's holiday road toll has risen to 10 .. after a single vehicle crash took the life of a 17-year-old girl last night.

Police say a car carrying three people crashed into a ditch near Nathalia in the state's north .. and a 17-year-old girl from Nathalia died at the scene.

Ambulance Victoria spokesman JOHN MULLEN says the 18-year-old female driver has spinal and neck injuries .. while a 14-year-old passenger has leg lacerations.

Both were taken to Goulburn Valley Base Hospital.

(EDS: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 19 to 2359 January 2. Some states and territories have different periods.)