NT: One dead, two injured in Darwin head-on smash
20 Mar 2009 2:05 AM
A man died and two people were injured in a high-speed head-on collision in suburban Darwin.
Police say the crash happened on Amy Johnson Drive at Hidden Valley shortly before seven o'clock last night (ACST) when a southbound blue utility .. allegedly travelling at speed .. collided with a white northbound utility.
The driver of the blue ute died at the scene .. while his male passenger and the driver of the white ute were trapped until fire and rescue and NT Emergency Service crews could free them.
Both were taken by ambulance to the Royal Darwin Hospital.
Police are investigating and have asked for witnesses to come forward.
The annual NT road toll is four .. six fewer than at the same time last year.
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